OTTOMAN TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY

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A SILK LAMPAS COVERING PANEL
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY
Probably for use in one of the Holy Shrines, the red ground divided by horizontal chevrons into a series of alternating major and minor bands of inscription in vigorous muhaqqaq, every other major band with a series of roundels and cartouches with similar inscription, with green cloth backing
49 x 27¾in. (124.4 x 70.5cm.)

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Lot Essay

The inscriptions include the Profession of Faith, various invocations, and verses from the Qur'an including Qur'an II, sura al-baqara, v.114: "we have seen thee turning thy face about in Heaven; now we will surely turn thee to a direction that shall satisfy thee. Turn thy face towards the Holy Mosque".

A very similar woven panel is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Meisterwerke aus dem Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Berlin, 1981, no.114, pp.268-269). Dated to the 18th century it has very similar inscriptions although written by another hand.

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