AN OTTOMAN YELLOW-GROUND CALLIGRAPHIC SILK LAMPAS PANEL, TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3004302

A yellow silk ground woven with chevron bands of alternating widths containing light yellow inscriptions and in between 'Allah and Muhammad' woven in a cream-color.
110 by 70 cm.

Inscriptions
In the wide band with two words, repeat of: ‘God’ and ‘Muhammad’
In the wide band: The shahadah
In the narrow bands, upper: Quran 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’