Lot 45
  • 45

An Ottoman calligraphic kiswa textile, early 20th century

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

silver and silver gilt metal thread stitched on a black silk ground, the bold thuluth inscription enclosed in an oblong cartouche with scrolls and volutes in the spandrels

Catalogue Note

inscriptions

Qur'an, sura al-baqara (II), parts of 186