AN ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION Turkey or Iran, 20th century Arabic manuscript on paper, the field of cobalt blue, other bright opaque pigments, and burnished gold, arranged in symmetrical format of scrolling tendrils surrounding a lobed central cartouche in gold containing verse 30, Sura 27 (Al Naml), the border of stylised flowers in scrolling meanders against a black ground, mounted on an ivory white cardboard frame, 55cm x 31cm, 70.5cm x 46cm including the mount. Provenance: Sotheby's Doha, 16 December 2010, lot 107.