A SILK CURTAIN FROM THE TOMB OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD...
A SILK CURTAIN FROM THE TOMB OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular panel comprising four strips, woven in cream thread over an olive green ground, divided by horizontal chevrons into a series of alternating major and minor bands of thuluth, stitched on a green cloth mounted on a green cotton panel, areas of loss
65¾ x 48½in. (167 x 123.5cm.)
Provenance
By repute, London art market, 1976-77
Anon sale, Sotheby's London, 30 March 2022, lot 16
Literature
Inscribed with prayers and pious phrases in Arabic, some attributed to Prophet Muhammad, from bottom to top, allahumma salli wa-sallim ala ashraf al-anbiya wa-l-mursalin muhammad, 'All that is on earth will perish: but will abide forever the face of thy Lord, full of majesty, bounty, and honour' (Qur'an 55:26–27); rasul allah sadiq al-wa'd al-amin, 'Muhammad is the Messenger of God, faithful to the sure promise'; man salla alayya marratan salla allah alayhi ashran, 'Whoever blesses me [the Prophet] once, God blesses him ten times'; la ilaha illa allah al-malik al-haqq al-mubin, 'There is no god but God, the Sovereign, the Truth, the Apparent', man qala la ilaha illa Allah, dakhala al-janna, 'Whoever says, “There is no god but God” will enter paradise'
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A SILK CURTAIN FROM THE TOMB OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular panel comprising four strips, woven in cream thread over an olive green ground, divided by horizontal chevrons into a series of alternating major and minor bands of thuluth, stitched on a green cloth mounted on a green cotton panel, areas of loss
65¾ x 48½in. (167 x 123.5cm.)
Provenance
By repute, London art market, 1976-77
Anon sale, Sotheby's London, 30 March 2022, lot 16
Literature
Inscribed with prayers and pious phrases in Arabic, some attributed to Prophet Muhammad, from bottom to top, allahumma salli wa-sallim ala ashraf al-anbiya wa-l-mursalin muhammad, 'All that is on earth will perish: but will abide forever the face of thy Lord, full of majesty, bounty, and honour' (Qur'an 55:26–27); rasul allah sadiq al-wa'd al-amin, 'Muhammad is the Messenger of God, faithful to the sure promise'; man salla alayya marratan salla allah alayhi ashran, 'Whoever blesses me [the Prophet] once, God blesses him ten times'; la ilaha illa allah al-malik al-haqq al-mubin, 'There is no god but God, the Sovereign, the Truth, the Apparent', man qala la ilaha illa Allah, dakhala al-janna, 'Whoever says, “There is no god but God” will enter paradise'
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