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Lot 146

A calligraphic composition signed by Mehmed Ali Efendi Çirçili
Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1288/AD 1871-72

8 October 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A calligraphic composition signed by Mehmed Ali Efendi Çirçili
Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1288/AD 1871-72

Arabic manuscript on paper, the text consisting of a verse from the Qur'an written in mirror image in thuluth script in black ink on a grey ground, orange border, outer border with stylised rococo sprays in yellow on a dark blue ground, framed
305 x 420 mm.

Footnotes

The text consists of Qur'an, sura XXI, verse 30. Mehmet Ali Çirçili (d. 1906) was a pupil of the celebrated calligrapher Shefiq Bey. See Mahmud Kemal Inal, Son Hattatlar, Istanbul 1955, pp. 232-233.

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