A SILK AND METAL-THREAD CALLIGRAPHIC FRAGMENT

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Los 161 | A SILK AND METAL-THREAD CALLIGRAPHIC FRAGMENT
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A SILK AND METAL-THREAD CALLIGRAPHIC FRAGMENT

OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY

The black satin ground woven with a column of linked ovals each containing a silver-thread thuluth inscription, flanked at each side by similar smaller panel, a band of inscription between the first fragmentary oval and the second oval, and between the penultimate and final ovals, selvages on both sides, mounted and framed

32 5⁄8 x 6 ¼in. (82.8 x 16cm.)





Provenance

The Dr. Amir Pakzad Museum, Hannover, Germany



Inscribed

Calligraphic panels, Alahim salla wa sallam alayhi - 'the prayers and blessings of God upon him'
The main cartouches, Muhammad wa Ahmad wa shafia' wa mushfa'm musdaqa wa rahmaha li'l-'alamin - 'to Muhammad and Ahmad, interceding and interceded, affirmed and committed to the heavens'.
The small cartouches to each side with the names of Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, 'Ali, Hasan, Husayn, Talha, Zubayr, Sa'ad, Sa'id, 'Abd al-Rahman, and Abu 'Ubayda, and ending with the benedictory phrases radha Allahi, 'may Allah be pleased with him' and ta'ali 'anhumi, - 'may [his name] be exalted'
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