An Ottoman metal-thread embroidered silk Panel with the tughra of Sultan Abdul Mecid (AH 1255-77/ AD 1839-61)
dated AH 1265/ AD 1848-9
dated AH 1265/ AD 1848-9
of rectangular form, the light green silk ground profusely embroidered with silver and gilt threads, depicting a niche enclosing an inscription filled hanging lamp, below the tughra within floral branches tied with a bow, the spandrels filled with a calligraphic roundel surrounded by trailing floral vines on a red ground, the side panels with elongated inscription cartouches within entwined foliate vines on a mustard yellow ground
137 x 212 cm.
137 x 212 cm.
Estimate:
£25,000 - 35,000
€30,000 - 41,000
US$ 38,000 - 53,000
€30,000 - 41,000
US$ 38,000 - 53,000
Footnotes
- Provenance: Sotheby's Arts of the Islamic world, 8 October 2008, lot 58.
The inscriptions read: in the two roundels; the shahada;
in the hanging lamp in mirrored form, ya fattah, "O Opener of [all doors]"; in the side panels, Qur'an, surah al-Ikhlas (CXII); and the tughra of Sultan Abdul Mecid (AH 1255-77/ AD 1839-61).
Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art
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