AN ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN QUR'AN, COPIED BY AHMED NAILI OF GALATA

AN ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN QUR'AN, COPIED BY AHMED NAILI OF GALATA (D.1813), TURKEY, DATED A.H. 1193/A.D. 1779

Arabic Manuscript on paper, 303 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in neat naskhi script in black ink, ruled in a thick gold border, verses separated by gold rosettes with coloured dots, sura headings in white against gold ground cartouches with coloured floral decoration, illuminated marginal devices comprising flowerheads issuing sprays in colours and gold, tenth verses marked with a gold 'ashr' in the margin, double page frontispiece decorated with enjoined coloured flowers against blue and gold grounds, the text within cloudbands against a punched gold backgound, within a contemporary gilt-stamped morocco binding with marbled-paper doublures and flap.

20 by 13cm.


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AN OTTOMAN WOVEN SILK CALLIGRAPHIC TEXTILE

AN OTTOMAN WOVEN SILK CALLIGRAPHIC TEXTILE, TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY

the dark red silk ground woven with cream silk thread, divided by horizontal chevrons into a series of alternating wide and narrow bands decorated with calligraphic inscriptions in vigorous .muhaqqaq., with cartouches flanked by two roundels on each side, mounted on board

116.4 by 71.3cm.


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Ibrahim Afif [b.?-d.1767]

panel, 19.5x19.5cm, dated AH 1174 (1760), signed Ibrahim Afif

Provenance

Formerly in the Sevket Rado Collection
Sold Spring 2008 at auction in Istanbul

Literature and References

Rado, S. (1983). Türk Hattatlari: XV. yüzyildan günümüze kadar gelmis ünlü hattatlarin hayatlari ve yazilarindan örnekler. Istanbul: Yayin Matbaacilik Ticaret.

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Ismail Zühdi [b.?-d.1806]

panel of poem, written in thuluth script, 23x25cm, undated, signed Ismail Zühdi

Provenance

Formerly in the Sevket Rado Collection
Sold Spring 2008 at auction in Istanbul

Literature and References

Rado, S. (1983). Türk Hattatlari: XV. yüzyildan günümüze kadar gelmis ünlü hattatlarin hayatlari ve yazilarindan örnekler. Istanbul: Yayin Matbaacilik Ticaret.

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Ismail Zühdi [b. ?-d.1806]

page, 17.00 x 27.50 cm, dated AH 1193 (1779) , sigend Ismail Zühdi .

Provenance

Formerly in the Sevket Rado Collection
Sold Spring 2008 at auction in Istanbul

Literature and References

Rado, S. (1983). Türk Hattatlari: XV. yüzyildan günümüze kadar gelmis ünlü hattatlarin hayatlari ve yazilarindan örnekler. Istanbul: Yayin Matbaacilik Ticaret.

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"Sekerzade" Mehmed [b.?-d.1752]

page, 16.50 x 28.00 cm, undated, signed Sekerzade Mehmed

Provenance

Formerly in the Sevket Rado Collection
Sold Spring 2008 at auction in Istanbul

Literature and References

Rado, S. (1983). Türk Hattatlari: XV. yüzyildan günümüze kadar gelmis ünlü hattatlarin hayatlari ve yazilarindan örnekler. Istanbul: Yayin Matbaacilik Ticaret.

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Hafiz Ibrahim [b.?-d.?] probably 18th Century

page, 13.00 x 20.00 cm, undated, signed Hafiz Ibrahim

Provenance

Formerly in the Sevket Rado Collection
Sold Spring 2008 at auction in Istanbul

Literature and References

Rado, S. (1983). Türk Hattatlari: XV. yüzyildan günümüze kadar gelmis ünlü hattatlarin hayatlari ve yazilarindan örnekler. Istanbul: Yayin Matbaacilik Ticaret.

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"Egrikapili" Mehmed Rasim [b.1687-d.1755]

Provenance

Formerly in the Sevket Rado Collection
Sold Spring 2008 at auction in Istanbul

Literature and References

Rado, S. (1983). Türk Hattatlari: XV. yüzyildan günümüze kadar gelmis ünlü hattatlarin hayatlari ve yazilarindan örnekler. Istanbul: Yayin Matbaacilik Ticaret.

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Mehmed Sadullah [b.1766-d.1843]

page, 32.50 x 22.00 cm, dated AH 1208 (1793), signed Mehmed Sadullah

Provenance

Formerly in the Sevket Rado Collection
Sold Spring 2008 at auction in Istanbul

Literature and References

Rado, S. (1983). Türk Hattatlari: XV. yüzyildan günümüze kadar gelmis ünlü hattatlarin hayatlari ve yazilarindan örnekler. Istanbul: Yayin Matbaacilik Ticaret.


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Mustafa Rakim Efendi [b.1757-d.1825]

page, 26.00 x 16.00 cm, dated AH 1132 (1719), signed Mustaf Rakim

Provenance

Formerly in the Sevket Rado Collection
Sold Spring 2008 at auction in Istanbul

Literature and References

Rado, S. (1983). Türk Hattatlari: XV. yüzyildan günümüze kadar gelmis ünlü hattatlarin hayatlari ve yazilarindan örnekler. Istanbul: Yayin Matbaacilik Ticaret.

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Ibrahim Vahdi [b.?-d.1714]

page, 28.00 x 18.00 cm, dated AH 1125 (1713), signed Ibrahim Vahdi

Provenance

Formerly in the Sevket Rado Collection
Sold Spring 2008 at auction in Istanbul

Literature and References

Rado, S. (1983). Türk Hattatlari: XV. yüzyildan günümüze kadar gelmis ünlü hattatlarin hayatlari ve yazilarindan örnekler. Istanbul: Yayin Matbaacilik Ticaret.

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Mehmet Esad Yesari [b.?-d-d. 1798]

page, 25.00 x 16.00 cm, dated AH 1198 (1783) , signed Mehmed Esad Yesari

Provenance

Formerly in the Sevket Rado Collection
Sold Spring 2008 at auction in Istanbul

Literature and References

Rado, S. (1983). Türk Hattatlari: XV. yüzyildan günümüze kadar gelmis ünlü hattatlarin hayatlari ve yazilarindan örnekler. Istanbul: Yayin Matbaacilik Ticaret.

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Arapzade Muhammed bin Omar [b.?-d.1715]

page written in muhaqqaq and nasih script,16.00 x 24.00 cm, undated, signed Ömer bin Mehmed

Provenance

Formerly in the Sevket Rado Collection
Sold Spring 2008 at auction in Istanbul

Literature and References

Rado, S. (1983). Türk Hattatlari: XV. yüzyildan günümüze kadar gelmis ünlü hattatlarin hayatlari ve yazilarindan örnekler. Istanbul: Yayin Matbaacilik Ticaret.

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Ibrahim Afif [b.?-d.1767]

page, 19.5x19.5cm, dated AH 1174 (1760), signed Ibrahim Afif

Provenance

Formerly in the Sevket Rado Collection
Sold Spring 2008 at auction in Istanbul

Literature and References

Rado, S. (1983). Türk Hattatlari: XV. yüzyildan günümüze kadar gelmis ünlü hattatlarin hayatlari ve yazilarindan örnekler. Istanbul: Yayin Matbaacilik Ticaret.

Photography/ Text © Portakal Sanat ve Kültür Evi Antik

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Ismail Zühdi [b.?-d.1806]

page written in thuluth script, 23x25cm, undated, signed Ismail Zühdi


Provenance

Formerly in the Sevket Rado Collection
Sold Spring 2008 at auction in Istanbul


Literature and References

Rado, S. (1983). Türk Hattatlari: XV. yüzyildan günümüze kadar gelmis ünlü hattatlarin hayatlari ve yazilarindan örnekler. Istanbul: Yayin Matbaacilik Ticaret.


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Mustafa Kütahi [b.1787-d.?]

Hadith, page, 13x18cm, undated, signed Mustafa (Sehrü bimedinetil Kütahi)

Provenance

Formerly in the Sevket Rado Collection
Sold Spring 2008 at auction in Istanbul

Literature and References

Rado, S. (1983). Türk Hattatlari: XV. yüzyildan günümüze kadar gelmis ünlü hattatlarin hayatlari ve yazilarindan örnekler. Istanbul: Yayin Matbaacilik Ticaret.

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Ismail Zühdi [b.?-d.1806]

buttom part of a page, 17x27.5cm, dated AH 1193 (1779), signed El Fakir Ismail Zühdi

Provenance

Formerly in the Sevket Rado Collection
Sold Spring 2008 at auction in Istanbul


Literature and References

Rado, S. (1983). Türk Hattatlari: XV. yüzyildan günümüze kadar gelmis ünlü hattatlarin hayatlari ve yazilarindan örnekler. Istanbul: Yayin Matbaacilik Ticaret.


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"Sekerzade" Mehmed [b.?-d.1752]

Hadith, page,16.5x28cm, undated, signed El-Fakir El-Seyid Mehmed Sekerzade

Provenance

Formerly in the Sevket Rado Collection
Sold Spring 2008 at auction in Istanbul

Literature and References

Rado, S. (1983). Türk Hattatlari: XV. yüzyildan günümüze kadar gelmis ünlü hattatlarin hayatlari ve yazilarindan örnekler. Istanbul: Yayin Matbaacilik Ticaret.

Photography/ Text © Portakal Sanat ve Kültür Evi

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Hafiz Ibrahim [b.?-d.?] 18th Century

Hadith, page, 13x20cm, undated, signed Hafiz Ibrahim

Provenance

Formerly in the Sevket Rado Collection
Sold Spring 2008 at auction in Istanbul


Literature and References

Rado, S. (1983). Türk Hattatlari: XV. yüzyildan günümüze kadar gelmis ünlü hattatlarin hayatlari ve yazilarindan örnekler. Istanbul: Yayin Matbaacilik Ticaret.


Photography/ Text © Portakal Sanat ve Kültür Evi Antik A.S.Sotheby´s

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"Egrikapili" Mehmed Rasim [b.1687-d.1755]

Hadith, page, 16.5x22cm, undated, signed Mehmed Rasim

Provenance

Formerly in the Sevket Rado Collection
Sold Spring 2008 at auction in Istanbul


Literature and References

Rado, S. (1983). Türk Hattatlari: XV. yüzyildan günümüze kadar gelmis ünlü hattatlarin hayatlari ve yazilarindan örnekler. Istanbul: Yayin Matbaacilik Ticaret.

Photography/ Text © Portakal Sanat ve Kültür Evi

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