Diploma in ijaza calligraphy, Ottoman Turkey, signed 'Alî Reza and dated 1849 Calligraphic composition on paper in Arabic with black ink in thuluth script for the Bismillah followed by 3 lines of Hadith in naskhi script in green reserves on a gold background, then a 4-line text in the same script giving the name of the calligrapher 'Ali Reza, his masters Hâfez Muhammad al-Hilmi known as Master Sabiyan and Muhammad al-Khalusi known as Effendi Zadeh and the date of 1266 H / 1849. Floral decoration illuminated in gold and polychrome on either side of the text. Mounted as an album page on pink-margined card. Dim. composition: 11.3 x 21.3 cm; page: 16.1 x 26.3 cm Some stains, small accidents, folds, wear. Provenance: Tajan sale, Paris, November 3, 2011, lot 187.