AN OTTOMAN SILK AND METAL-THREAD CALLIGRAPHIC FRAGMENT
, TURKEY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3002103

Of figured silk, probably from a tomb cover, the black satin ground woven with a column of two linked ovals each with a silver thread thuluth inscription flanked at each side by a similar smaller panel, a single band of inscription above. The two large roundels enclosing names of the prophet, flanked by smaller roundels containing the names of Four Caliphs: Abu Bakr, Omer, Ottoman and Ali. Mounted on album paper, gilt and decorated with grapes and floral scrolls. 32 by 30 cm. Textile: 18 by 20 cm.