Lot 248
An Ottoman metal-thread embroidered silk Panel made for Medina Period of Mahmud II (AH 1223-55/ 1808-39)
10 April 2008, 14:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£40,000 - £60,000
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Find your local specialistAn Ottoman metal-thread embroidered silk Panel made for Medina
Period of Mahmud II (AH 1223-55/ 1808-39)
Period of Mahmud II (AH 1223-55/ 1808-39)
rectangular, embroidered in silver and gilt thread and with applique silk panels containing thuluth inscriptions on a black silk ground, the upper field with a red cartouche, below two red roundels within floral swags, the central field with a yellow medallion containing a tughra, flanked by red and yellow cartouches, above a further yellow cartouche, the interspaces filled with floral and foliate swags, the lower field with a rectangular section containing floral swags, all within a floral vine border, backed
225 x 127 cm.
225 x 127 cm.
Footnotes
The inscriptions include:
The red panel at the top:
Qur’an, surah al-Baqarah (II), 255;
The two pale-green roundels at the top:
the shahadah;
The central yellow medallion:
the tughra of Mahmud (1223-55/AD1808-39);
The yellow roundel flanked by two red panels:
the signature of Mahmud II as 'The conqueror Mahmud son of 'Abdul Hamid wrote it'.