Religious calligraphy in the shape of a pear, Iran qâjâr, 19th century Calligraphy in black ink on paper, the large cursive Arabic characters drawing a pear with the religious formula "Ya Hussein sandan madad" ("O Hussein, help us"). All powdered with gold and mounted as album pages on blue card stock with stenciled floral cartouches, calligraphic cartouches (Qur'an, VII, 158), gold and polychrome illuminated cartouches and a pink border. Calligraphy size: 17.8 x 11.6 cm; overall size: 33.8 x 25.3 cm Minor wear and stains.