AN OTTOMAN GILT AND SILVER METAL-THREAD EMBROIDERED SITARA, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3002240

An Ottoman black panel embroidered with gilt and silver metal threads with cartouches enclosing Quran 6 surah Al-An'am v. 54 on a red and yellow ground, surrounded by flower heads and foliage on a black ground. Embroidered on the sitara 'this holy sitara was made by order of Our sultan Abdul Hamid II.' 125 by 135 cm.