AN OTTOMAN ILLUMINATED HILYA ( ATTRIBUES OF THE PROPHET), SIGNED BY SALIH RUSHDI, TURKEY DATED 1272 AH/1855 AD.

Single leaf, text panel at the top with the basmallah in a single line of black muhaqqaq script , then a circular text-block with 11 lines black in naskh script reserved in clouds on a cream coloured ground with gold markers outlined in black, 4 circular devices extending outwards from this with the names of the Four Rashidun Caliphs, then another single line of muhaqqaq in another text block above the colophon at the bottom of the page, containing another 3 lines in black naskh, richly decorated with polychrome floral motifs on a gilt ground. At the bottom a certificate or ijazet by his master: Khalil al-wasbi in 1272AH/1855AD.
23 by 47 cm.