A SILK AND METAL-THREAD CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL FROM THE MAQAM IBRAHIM

Lot 160
25.04.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Vendu
£ 126 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
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Lot 160 | A SILK AND METAL-THREAD CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL FROM THE MAQAM IBRAHIM
Valeur estimée
£ 120 000 – 180 000
A SILK AND METAL-THREAD CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL FROM THE MAQAM IBRAHIM

PROBABLY CAIRO, EGYPT, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

The midnight-black silk ground with three applied silk inscriptional cartouches, the upper cartouche embroidered with a strong silver metal-thread thuluth inscription on a plain lemon-yellow ground, above a red cartouche similarly inscribed, the lower half with an inscribed yellow silk cartouche, with embroidered foliate motifs around the cartouches, the sides with thin borders containing a similar continuous vine, a broad lower border containing an arcade motif with lancets above and below, mounted on a wooden board, in a gilt wooden frame

7ft.6in. x 5ft.2in. (227cm. x 157cm.)





Provenance

Private UK Collection



Inscribed

Across the top: the basamala followed by part of Qur'an II, sura al-baqara, v.125 (part)

In the red cartouche: the upper register with the basmala, the middle register with Qur'an II, sura al-baqara, v.260, the lower register with the basmala followe by Qur'an III, sura al-'Imran, v.96

The yellow cartouche: the spandrels with the names of Muhammad and Allah, the lower part with Qur'an XVII, sura al-Isra, v.84
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