AN ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL, 19TH CENTURY

Arabic manuscript on paper, watercolor heightened with gold on paper, depicting calligraphic inscriptions in different scripts, Thuluth, naskh and Kufic, in different colors and styles. with multiple small paintings. First row: large gilt thuluth script of al-Basmallah outlined in black on a green ground, flanked by Quran verses in black naskh script. Second row: central three small paintings of al-Masjid al-Haram, al-Masjid al-Nabawi and al-Masjid al-Aqsa in Jerusalem. On both sides Kalimaat al-Tawhid in Kufic script on a gilt ground. Third row: a large circle enclosing flower shaped roundels enclosing Beautiful names of Allah, surrounded by the names of the 'Asharatu mubashirun'. At the top in smaller naskh script surah Yasin and al-Ikhlas. Flanked on both sides with a tree shaped motif containing the Beautiful names of Allah. Further stylizsed with floral motifs, gilt and polychrome decoration. Framed and Glazed. Painting: 39 by 57 cm Frame: 56 by 77 cm