"Bismillah" in the form of a bird

Source:  http://islamicart.com/main/calligraphy/unique.htm
(downloaded Nov. 1999)

"This composition is an example of the Islamic calligraphic tradition of 19th-century Iran and Ottoman Turkey. This piece is written by Mustafa Raqim (1757-1826) in excellent Thuluth, and it is a true Islamic composition of a bird shape incorporating the Basmalah: In the name of God, The Compassionate, The Merciful."