A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (QIT'A)
A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (QIT'A)

ASCRIBED TO SHAYKH HAMDULLAH ON REVERSE, OTTOMAN TURKEY, 16TH CENTURY

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A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (QIT'A)
ASCRIBED TO SHAYKH HAMDULLAH ON REVERSE, OTTOMAN TURKEY, 16TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, the bismillah followed by a hadith of the Prophet Muhammad, the top line in elegant black thuluth script, the main panel with four lines of black naskh script, with three gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, between panels of gold and polychrome floral illumination, laid down on gold-speckled salmon-pink card between green, black and gold borders, framed and glazed
Panel 7 1/8 x 9 7/8in. (18 x 25.3cm.) with borders

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