细节
A CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION IN THE FORM OF HAGYA SOPHIA (AYA SOFIA)
SIGNED AL-HUSAYN, OTTOMAN TURKEY, EARLY 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Black ink on paper, the Qur’anic inscription written in bold jali thuluth script arranged in a mirrored composition forming a mosque with four minarets, three inscriptions at top in the form of tughras, signed and dated (date now illegible) along the bottom, laid down on card with marbled paper spandrels
15 x 12in. (38.2 x 30.4cm.)