Lot 233
  • 233

A large Ottoman green-ground calligraphic silk lampas panel, Turkey, 19th century

Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • silk
the dark green silk ground woven with chevron bands of alternating widths containing light green inscriptions and in between 'Allah and Muhammad' woven in a cream-colour, mounted on a stretcher

Condition

In good condition, cut and mounted on a stretcher with dark green ground, very few minor frayed threads, as viewed.
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Catalogue Note

inscriptions

In the wide band with two words, repeat of: ‘God’ and ‘Muhammad’

In the wide band: The shahadah

In the narrow bands, upper: Qur’an chapter XXXIII (al-ahhzab), verse 56.

In the narrow bands, lower: ‘May Mighty God be satisfied with Abu Bakr, ‘Umar, ‘Uthman, ‘Ali and the Companions, all of them’