A LARGE DÉCOUPÉ CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION
A LARGE DÉCOUPÉ CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION

OTTOMAN TURKEY, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A LARGE DÉCOUPÉ CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION
OTTOMAN TURKEY, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Cut-out in white paper, the calligraphic composition arranged as a lion, the ground worked as a lattice of small squares, framed by a double plain line, framed and glazed
28 x 33¾in. (71.5 x 86cm.)

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For other examples of découpage (cut-out) panels, see Nabil F. Safwat, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection, The Art of the Pen, Oxford, 1996, cat.140-143, pp.200-203.

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