PROBABLY OTTOMAN BURSA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A CALLIGRAPHIC SILK LAMPAS PANEL
PROBABLY OTTOMAN BURSA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
The red ground with exposed pink wefts forming a design of zig-zag bands, each band with three registers of finely-drawn muhaqqaq, between the bands alternating pendants and roundels with further inscription, lined
48 ½ x 33 ½in. (123 x 85cm.)

Provenance

Private Middle Eastern Collection, since 1970s

Engraved

In largest band: the Shahada
Above: Qur'an II, sura al-baqara, v.114 (part)
Below: Qur'an III, sura al-'Imran, v.96
In lobed medallions: alternating, ya hanan, ya mannan, 'O the Compassionate, O the Benefactor!'
In roundels: alternating, dhu'l jalal w'al-ikram, 'Possessor of glory and honour!'

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Lot Essay

Red silk lampas textiles of this type were used by the Ottomans to line the interior of the Ka'ba. Fragments from a textile with identical inscriptions, possibly from the same lining, are in the collection of the Topkapi Museum, Istanbul (Hülya Tezcan, Kutsal Mekânlarda Kutsanmiş Örtüler, Istanbul, 2017, no.30, p.200). Further fragments of the same type have been sold in these Rooms, 26 October 2023, lot 132.

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