Arts of the Islamic World and India, including Fine Rugs and Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World and India, including Fine Rugs and Carpets
A Hajj map of Mecca and Medina, commissioned for A'isha Gül bint al-Hajj al-Sayyid Hasan Riza, India or the Hijaz, dated 1329 AH/1911 AD
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April 26, 01:36 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Ink, gouache and gold on paper, the page divided into panels depicting the sites of Mecca and Medina, inscribed with location names in naskh in black ink, the panels within silver scroll borders
40.4 by 55.5cm.
inscriptions
surah al-'Imran, (III), part of v.97
The Hadith, man zara qabri wajabat lahu shaf'ati, 'My intercession is guaranteed for anyone who visits my grave'
A closely related Hajj map with an almost identical arrangement of scenes was sold in these rooms 6 October 2010, lot 28 and another is in the collection of the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha (inv.no. MS.740.2011), recently exhibited in the Mecca Pavilion at the Islamic Arts Biennale, Jeddah.
The map was produced for A‘isha Gül daughter of al-Hajj al-Sayyid Hasan Riza, who was a calligraphy teacher in the Musika-i Hümayun in the year a thousand and three hundred and twenty-nine (1911-12). The Musika-i Hümayun Mektebi was the first music school of the Ottoman Empire, founded in 1831.