Lot 67
  • 67

A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL WITH A TUGHRA AND NASTA'LIQ VERSES IN PRAISE OF JALALADDIN RUMI, TURKEY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

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Description

  • Paper
  • 12 1/4 x 18 1/2 inches
Ink, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, mounted on to wood board

Catalogue Note

The Tughra reads "Hazrat-i Mawlana Qaddasa Sirrihu", referring to Jalaladdin Rumi. The nasta'liq verses in Ottoman Turkish are also in praise of Rumi.

For a very similar panel with the tughra of Sultan Abdul Hamid I dated 1201/1786 see Ogan 1938, pl.39.