THE TUGHRA OF 'ABD AL HAMID I (r. 1774 - 89) Ottoman

THE TUGHRA OF 'ABD AL HAMID I (r. 1774 - 89) Ottoman Turkey, last quarter 18th century Opaque pigments, black ink and gold on paper, the majestic tughra painted in gold in a vertical composition, two diagonal lines rising upward from the signature's beginning and end and creating a charming triangle filled with floral sprays to the interior and flames to the exterior, interspersed lobed cartouches and part of the tughra filled with polychrome-painted floral bloom and tendrils on a cobalt blue ground, mounted, glazed and framed, 65.5cm x 40.2cm including the frame.

Notes: Islamic & Indian Art