AN OTTOMAN DÉCOUPÉ CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (KATI) Ottoman Turkey, 17th-18th century
AN OTTOMAN DÉCOUPÉ CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (KATI)
Ottoman Turkey, 17th-18th century
Persian text on green paper, arranged diagonally in four lines of red nasta'liq script, with three triangular spandrels filled with arabesques and one plain; the text comprises a quatrain from Khayyam's Rubāʿiyyāt, freely translated as follows: 'for one who knows the secrets of the universe, joy and grief, suffering and delight are one, since all the world's good and evil will come to an end, what matters whether you are all pain or all cure?'; with a note on the reverse of the frame mentioning Fahrî ibn Veli of Bursa (d. 1618), a late 16th-century master of the paper-cutting technique (katı') that remained in use until the 19th century; framed and glazed.
Image 10cm x 15cm; total including frame 22cm x 28cm
For related examples:
Bonhams London, Islamic and Indian Art, 23 April 2013, lot 247.
Christie's London, Arts of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 26 Apr 2012, lot 231.
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AN OTTOMAN DÉCOUPÉ CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (KATI)
Ottoman Turkey, 17th-18th century
Persian text on green paper, arranged diagonally in four lines of red nasta'liq script, with three triangular spandrels filled with arabesques and one plain; the text comprises a quatrain from Khayyam's Rubāʿiyyāt, freely translated as follows: 'for one who knows the secrets of the universe, joy and grief, suffering and delight are one, since all the world's good and evil will come to an end, what matters whether you are all pain or all cure?'; with a note on the reverse of the frame mentioning Fahrî ibn Veli of Bursa (d. 1618), a late 16th-century master of the paper-cutting technique (katı') that remained in use until the 19th century; framed and glazed.
Image 10cm x 15cm; total including frame 22cm x 28cm
For related examples:
Bonhams London, Islamic and Indian Art, 23 April 2013, lot 247.
Christie's London, Arts of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 26 Apr 2012, lot 231.
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Time, Location
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