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A PROVINCIAL OTTOMAN DIAGRAM OF HEAVEN AND HELL, CAUCASUS, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Gouache on paper, naming the realms of the divine, the seven spheres of heaven and the seven spheres of hell, the upper section showing heaven with an image of the Toba tree, the Pen and the Hidden Tablet, as well as the Liwa'al-Hamd and Jabal al-Hamd, the Ka'ba at the centre of the earthly spheres, with the Qaf mountain marking the outer limits of earth, the levels of hell surmounted by the bridge (sirat) are unnamed but flanked by named images of Qazan al-Qitran (the cauldron with boiling tar) and the dreadful tree Zaqqum, glazed and framed - 15 3/4 x 8 1/2in (40 x 21.5cm)
Gouache on paper, naming the realms of the divine, the seven spheres of heaven and the seven spheres of hell, the upper section showing heaven with an image of the Toba tree, the Pen and the Hidden Tablet, as well as the Liwa'al-Hamd and Jabal al-Hamd, the Ka'ba at the centre of the earthly spheres, with the Qaf mountain marking the outer limits of earth, the levels of hell surmounted by the bridge (sirat) are unnamed but flanked by named images of Qazan al-Qitran (the cauldron with boiling tar) and the dreadful tree Zaqqum, glazed and framed - 15 3/4 x 8 1/2in (40 x 21.5cm)