Lot 157 AN OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE (MASHQ), OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 1117 AH/1705 AD
Reference: ART3008534
Arabic manuscript on paper, comprising two lines of elegant black Thuluth script containing two verses from a Sufi poem by Umar Ibn al-Farid. The text is reserved within cloud bands against a gold ground and enclosed by a gold braided border outlined in black.
Signed by the scribe as "al-Faqir Umar" and dated 1171 AH.
Including frame 47 by 42 cm.
Calligraphy panel 21.5 by 14.5 cm.