Lot 128: An Ottoman Talismanic Shirt with Bold Green Calligraphy...
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An Ottoman Talismanic Shirt with Bold Green Calligraphy on Cotton.
An Ottoman talismanic shirt featuring an all-over pattern of green Arabic inscriptions on a pale cotton ground. The shirt is covered in a meticulously arranged layout of Quranic verses and invocations, each script element executed in dense thuluth and naskh styles.
H: Approximately 93cm
Provenance: Private collection from a distinguished W London lady.
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