PROBABLY OTTOMAN BURSA, TURKEY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A CALLIGRAPHIC SILK LAMPAS PANEL
PROBABLY OTTOMAN BURSA, TURKEY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
The green ground with exposed ivory wefts forming a design of zig-zag bands, each band with three registers of finely-drawn muhaqqaq, between the bands alternating pendants and roundels with further inscription, lined
47 ½ x 33 ½in. (121 x 86cm.)

Provenance

Private Middle Eastern Collection, since 1970s

Engraved

In largest band: the Shahada
Above: Qur'an II, sura al-baqara, v.114 (part)
Below: Qur'an III, sura al-'Imran, v.96
In lobed medallions: alternating, ya hanan, ya mannan, 'O the Compassionate, O the Benefactor!'
In roundels: alternating, dhu'l jalal w'al-ikram, 'Possessor of glory and honour!'

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Lot Essay

Silk lampas textiles, woven with calligraphic chevron bands, were used by the Ottomans to line the interiors of important places of worship in Mecca and Medina. Green examples such as this are particularly associated with the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, and were used to cover the cenotaphs in the rawdah. A slightly smaller green-ground lampas textile of this type was sold, Sotheby's London, 8 October 2014, lot 28.

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