CALLIGRAPHIE EN FORME D'AIGUIÈRE
TURKEY, CIRCA 1900
Mounted on an album page, gouache and gold on paper, the needle in a central register, the handle and spout drawing the words "Sayyidina Muhammad", our guide (the prophet) Muhammad, the body furnished with the bismillah, an almond-shaped medallion on the neck inscribed with the name of an illuminator, Suhayl, the lid surmounted by the Ottoman crescent, flanked by two inscribed and illuminated cartouches, evoking 'ghazalyet Misragha'.
Size of the calligraphy: 24 x 13 cm.
AN ALBUM PAGE WITH CALLIGRAPHIC OF EWER, TURKEY, CIRCA 1900.
H: 29.5 x W: 18.7 cm
