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Lot 58W

A metal thread embroidered silk panel with the tughra of Sultan Mahmud II (reg. 1808-1838)

6 October 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£20,000 - £30,000

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A metal thread embroidered silk panel with the tughra of Sultan Mahmud II (reg. 1808-1838)

of rectangular form, the black, red and green silk ground decorated in silver and gilt-silver threads with an inscription-filled cartouche and two inscription-filled roundels on a ground of floral scrolls and garlands, a tughra below, the border with a band of inscription and a band containing a repeat design of paired foliate motifs
214 x 122 cm.

Footnotes

Inscriptions: in the borders, Qur'an, surah XLVIII, al-Fath, 27-29; in the rectangular cartouche, al-salat wa al-salam 'alayka ya man zinat allah, 'Benediction and Peace be upon you O the one Who is the ornament of God!'; in the roundels, the shahada; the tughra of Mahmud II (reg. 1808-1838).

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