AN OTTOMAN TALISMANIC INSCRIBED COTTON UNDER SHIRT with short sleeves and rounded neck, open at the front, the front and back inscribed with a rectangular lattice enclosing finely written sections from the Qur'an, the panels divided by red margins meeting at coloured rosettes, a blue roundel on each breast with the profession of faith, the lattices within red dotted borders forming clouds around the names of God, panels below with rounded terminals with further fine verses from the Qur'an, lined, late 16th century (slight creasing, discolouration and damage)

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AN OTTOMAN TALISMANIC INSCRIBED COTTON UNDER SHIRT with short sleeves and rounded neck, open at the front, the front and back inscribed with a rectangular lattice enclosing finely written sections from the Qur'an, the panels divided by red margins meeting at coloured rosettes, a blue roundel on each breast with the profession of faith, the lattices within red dotted borders forming clouds around the names of God, panels below with rounded terminals with further fine verses from the Qur'an, lined, late 16th century (slight creasing, discolouration and damage)
22in. (56cm.) high
38in. (96.5cm.) wide

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