ID 1178368
Lot 161 | A SILK AND METAL-THREAD CALLIGRAPHIC FRAGMENT
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
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'
| Applied technique: | Embroidery |
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| Medium: | Textile |
| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Embroidery |
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| Medium: | Textile |
| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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