A CALLIGRAPHIC EMBROIDERED STANDARD
A CALLIGRAPHIC EMBROIDERED STANDARD

OTTOMAN TURKEY, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A CALLIGRAPHIC EMBROIDERED STANDARD
OTTOMAN TURKEY, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form, with religious calligraphic polychrome medallions arranged around a central roundel, each in thuluth script, on red ground, framed by a continuous band of calligraphy on yellow ground
67¾ x 39in. (172 x 99cm.)

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Various religious inscriptions are inscribed on this banner, including the bismallah, the shahada and the names of the four Caliphs rashidun.

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