Lot 249
An Ottoman metal-thread embroidered silk Panel made for the Tomb of the Prophet (Hujrat Al-Qabr Al-Nabawi Al-Sharif) in Medina Period of Abdul Hamid II (AH 1293-1327/ AD 1876-1909)
10 April 2008, 14:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £72,000 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistAn Ottoman metal-thread embroidered silk Panel made for the Tomb of the Prophet (Hujrat Al-Qabr Al-Nabawi Al-Sharif) in Medina
Period of Abdul Hamid II (AH 1293-1327/ AD 1876-1909)
Period of Abdul Hamid II (AH 1293-1327/ AD 1876-1909)
silver and gilt thread embroidered and silk applique panels filled with thuluth inscriptions on a black silk ground, the upper field with two pale green roundels filled, below a yellow cartouche with inscription and a further pale green medallion below, the lower section with a quilted vase with red cartouches enclosing a tughra and monogram to the right side and a yellow rectangular panel above, the ground filled with floral swags and sprays, all within a pale green border, backed
279 x 155 cm.
279 x 155 cm.
Footnotes
The inscriptions comprise:
In the top two roundels:
The shahadah
In the yellow band:
"And know that there is no God but The God, Muhammad the Messenger of God"
In the central roundel, in mirrored form:
"God is the Light of the Heavens and the Earth" from the Qur'an, surah al-Nur (XXIV), parts of 35
In the central yellow band:
A hadith of the Prophet
In the red cartouches:
Qur'an, surah al-Ahzab (XXXIII, 45-48)
And the tughra of 'Abdul Hamid II (AH 1293-1327/ AD 1876-1909)