Lot 245
An Ottoman metal thread embroidered silk Panel Turkey, Period of Mahmud II (AH 1223-55/ AD 1808-39)
10 April 2008, 14:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£10,000 - £15,000
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Turkey, Period of Mahmud II (AH 1223-55/ AD 1808-39)
Turkey, Period of Mahmud II (AH 1223-55/ AD 1808-39)
embroidered in silver and gilt thread on a crimson and cream silk ground with a large central medallion filled with thuluth inscription, the corners filled with floral interlace, the border with split-palmette motifs, backed
132 x 121 cm.
132 x 121 cm.
Footnotes
The inscriptions comprise:
Qur'an, surah al-Baqara (II), 255, and signed as: "Mahmud the Conqueror son of 'Abdul Hamid Khan wrote it".
'Abdul Hamid Khan refers to Sultan Mahmud II (AH 1223-55/ AD 1808-39).