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Lot 94W

An Ottoman metal-thread embroidered silk Hizam, signed by Mustafa

23 April 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Ottoman metal-thread embroidered silk Hizam, signed by Mustafa

rectangular, embroidered in silver and gilt thread with an elongated, inscription-filled cartouche with rounded ends, a floral spray at either endm the corner with foliate interlace, the border with a scrolling vine
330 x 70 cm.

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Inscriptions: Qur'an, chapter XXXIII (al-ahzab), verse 56; and "Copied by Mustafa".

This textile is in the form of one of the eight panels that formed the hizam, an inscribed band that encircles the upper part of the kiswah. For panels from the hizam in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection, see J. M Rogers, The Arts of Islam, Treasures from the Nasser D. Khalili Collection, Exhibition Catalogue, Art Gallery, New South Wales, 22nd June–23rd September 2007, p. 265, no. 312.

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