A LARGE CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION (LEVHA)

OTTOMAN TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY

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A LARGE CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION (LEVHA)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY
Opaque and gold pigments on copper panel, the large composition in gold jali thuluth script on green ground, glazed and framed
23 x 32¼in. (58.5 x 82cm.)

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The inscription reads ya hadrat Bilal al-Habashi radiya Allah 'anhu ("O Hilal al-Habashi may God be pleased with him"). Bilal al-Habashi was one of the first companions of the Prophet and the first mu'ezzin of Islam.

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