*A CALLIGRAPHIC MURAQQA ’ ALBUM PAGE PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION India, 17th century Arabic prose and Persian verses on ecru and blue paper, in black n asta’liq script, concerning the importance of good manners, the Arabic prose quoting Ali, pairs of birds on gold-sprinkled ground above and below the text, the verses at various angles interspersed with delicate illuminations, signed ‘Yari’ , within gold and blue rulings, on woven paper embellished with gold flowering scrolls, mounted, framed and glazed, the text panel 24cm x 15cm, 47cm x 35.8cm including the frame.