Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
A printed Hajj certificate depicting the Holy Places, Turkey, Ottoman, 19th century
Auction Closed
October 27, 03:41 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
print on paper, with silver paint, laid down on cloth, comprising four panels, depicting the holy sites of Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem, identification inscriptions in black naskh script
168.5 by 57.3cm.
S.M. Zwemer, Arabia, the Cradle of Islam: Studies in the Geography, People and Politics of the Peninsula with an Account of Islam and Mission-work, repr. London: Darf, 1986; orig. pub. New York: F.H. Revell, 1900.
I. Adams, Persia by a Persian: Personal Experiences, Manners, Customs, Habits, Religious and Social Life in Persia, London, Elliot Stock, 1900; 2nd ed. 1906, pp.396-405, pls.I-IV.
A. Rush (ed.), Records of the Hajj, 1993, vol.10, no.3.
U. Marzolph, 'From Mecca to Mashhad: The Narrative of an Illustrated Shi'i Pilgrimage Scroll from the Qajar Period', in Muqarnas, Vol.31, 2014, pp.3-4, fig.2.
I. Adams, Persia by a Persian: Personal Experiences, Manners, Customs, Habits, Religious and Social Life in Persia, London, Elliot Stock, 1900; 2nd ed. 1906, pp.396-405, pls.I-IV.
A. Rush (ed.), Records of the Hajj, 1993, vol.10, no.3.
U. Marzolph, 'From Mecca to Mashhad: The Narrative of an Illustrated Shi'i Pilgrimage Scroll from the Qajar Period', in Muqarnas, Vol.31, 2014, pp.3-4, fig.2.
A related Hajj certificate, hand-drawn in ink and gouache and dated 1263 AH/1846 AD, was sold in these rooms, 6 October 2010, lot 28.