A CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE IN THE FORM OF A TUGHRA
A CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE IN THE FORM OF A TUGHRA
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A CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE IN THE FORM OF A TUGHRA

OTTOMAN TURKEY, SIGNED SHAYKH VASFI (?) SIVASI, DATED JUMADA I AH [1]285 / 1868 AD OR AH [1]265 / 1849 AH

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A CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE IN THE FORM OF A TUGHRA
OTTOMAN TURKEY, SIGNED SHAYKH VASFI (?) SIVASI, DATED JUMADA I AH [1]285 / 1868 AD OR AH [1]265 / 1849 AH
Calligraphic exercise in black ink, 4ll. of black nasta'liq in the lower right corner, effaced signature in black to the lower left corner, three polychrome floral sprays in opaque pigments, set within a gold border, the reverse plain, mounted
19 ¾ x 21 ¾in. (50 x 55.4cm.)
Provenance
UK art market, 1988
Engraved
In the tughra, a Prophetic hadith

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