A LARGE AND FINELY ILLUMINATED IMPERIAL OTTOMAN FIRMAN OF SULTAN MAHMUD II (R. 1808-39)
SIGNED BY THE ILLUMINATOR HEZARGRADIZADEH ATAULLAH, CONSTANTINOPLE, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1250/1834-35 AD
A LARGE AND FINELY ILLUMINATED IMPERIAL OTTOMAN FIRMAN OF SULTAN MAHMUD II (R. 1808-39) SIGNED BY THE ILLUMINATOR HEZARGRADIZADEH ATAULLAH, CONSTANTINOPLE, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1250/1834-35 AD Ottoman manuscript on paper, 13ll. of diwani curving upward, alternatively in gold and red ink, punctuated with gold and polychrome illuminated rosettes, the headpiece containing the large gold tughra of Sultan Mahmud II within a floral medallion bordered with long radiating sunrays, this medallion on blue ground bordered on three sides with extensive illumination, the right and bottom borders of the text filled in with dense gold foliage, signed by the illuminator in the bottom left corner, backed with green silk 66 x 30 ½in. (168 x 78cm.)
A LARGE AND FINELY ILLUMINATED IMPERIAL OTTOMAN FIRMAN OF SULTAN MAHMUD II (R. 1808-39)
SIGNED BY THE ILLUMINATOR HEZARGRADIZADEH ATAULLAH, CONSTANTINOPLE, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1250/1834-35 AD
A LARGE AND FINELY ILLUMINATED IMPERIAL OTTOMAN FIRMAN OF SULTAN MAHMUD II (R. 1808-39) SIGNED BY THE ILLUMINATOR HEZARGRADIZADEH ATAULLAH, CONSTANTINOPLE, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1250/1834-35 AD Ottoman manuscript on paper, 13ll. of diwani curving upward, alternatively in gold and red ink, punctuated with gold and polychrome illuminated rosettes, the headpiece containing the large gold tughra of Sultan Mahmud II within a floral medallion bordered with long radiating sunrays, this medallion on blue ground bordered on three sides with extensive illumination, the right and bottom borders of the text filled in with dense gold foliage, signed by the illuminator in the bottom left corner, backed with green silk 66 x 30 ½in. (168 x 78cm.)
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