Lot 6
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AN OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
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AN OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL

SIGNED ABDULFETTAH EFFENDI, TURKEY, MID 19TH CENTURY

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AN OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
SIGNED ABDULFETTAH EFFENDI, TURKEY, MID 19TH CENTURY
Oil on canvas, gold on black, the text reads hada min fazl rubi (gift from the benificence of my Lord) in strong gold thuluth with exaggerated vowelling, stylized signature of the calligrapher, thin gold line at the edge, good condition
29 x 21 1/3in. (73 x 55cm.)
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Lot Essay

Abdulfettah, one of the ablest 19th century Ottoman calligraphers, was sent with Mehmed Sefik by Sultan Abdulmecid to Bursa to repair the inscriptions of the Ulu Cami (congregational mosque). These consist of the 99 names of God in very large kufic and diwani script, often mirrored, around its twelve great pillars and walls. His work is also in the Suleymaniye Cami in Istanbul, and several mosques in Edirne.

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