AN OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC SILK PANEL, TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3005054

The brown ground woven in ivory silk with verses from the Quran in elegant thuluth script. The central cartouche with a large roundel of floral leafy sprays surrounded by four roundels enclosing the names of the four Rashidun. The border with cartouches enclosing v.4 from surah Al-Fath, v.129 from surah At-Tawbah and a pray or Dua'a.
142 by 91 cm.