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拍品专文
Muhammad Husayn al-Katib Kashmiri (d. AH 1020 / 1611-12 AD) was the most celebrated calligrapher at the court of the emperor Akbar, who gave him the title Zarin Qalam or 'Golden Pen'. He continued to work at the court of Jahangir and his recorded work is dated between AH 988 / 1580-81 AD and AH 1017 / 1608-09 AD (Mehdi Bayani, Ahval va asar-e khosh-nevisan, vol.III, Tehran, 1348 sh., pp.702-704). Many examples of his work are decorated with small pictures of birds, such as an impressive copy of Nizami's Khamsa in the collection of the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia. Specimens of his calligraphy are also included in the Akbar-era album of which a large part is in the Royal Collection (RCIN1005039).
A folio with an identical mise-en-page, including paired birds flanking nasta'liq verses, is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1993.380). Further related panels were sold Sotheby's London, 22 April 1980, lot 165, and then in these Rooms, 25 April 2013, lot 51. An further folio from this album is in the Hossein Afshar collection, and featured in the touring exhibition Bestowing Beauty: Masterpieces from Persian Lands.
A folio with an identical mise-en-page, including paired birds flanking nasta'liq verses, is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1993.380). Further related panels were sold Sotheby's London, 22 April 1980, lot 165, and then in these Rooms, 25 April 2013, lot 51. An further folio from this album is in the Hossein Afshar collection, and featured in the touring exhibition Bestowing Beauty: Masterpieces from Persian Lands.