AN OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION (LEVHA) Ottoman Turkey, late...
AN OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION (LEVHA)
Ottoman Turkey, late 19th century or later
Arabic manuscript on beige paper, the hadith from the prophet’s farewell pilgrimage to Mecca in large black thuluth, arranged in four lines within tooled gold rules, the upper corners decorated with floral sprays, within a gold-sprigged outer border, numerical figure '312' on the lower left corner, possibly relating to date 1312 AH (1895), signed lower left Ahmad Raqem (Boren), framed and glazed, the folio 44cm x 57.5cm and 71cm x 85cm including frame.
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AN OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION (LEVHA)
Ottoman Turkey, late 19th century or later
Arabic manuscript on beige paper, the hadith from the prophet’s farewell pilgrimage to Mecca in large black thuluth, arranged in four lines within tooled gold rules, the upper corners decorated with floral sprays, within a gold-sprigged outer border, numerical figure '312' on the lower left corner, possibly relating to date 1312 AH (1895), signed lower left Ahmad Raqem (Boren), framed and glazed, the folio 44cm x 57.5cm and 71cm x 85cm including frame.
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