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Auction archive: Lot number 238

An Ottoman Firman bearing the tughra of Sultan Mehmed IV (r.1648-87), Turkey, Istanbul, dated 1091 AH/1680 AD

Estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
ca. US$163,565 - US$245,347
Price realised:
£802,850
ca. US$1,313,181
Auction archive: Lot number 238

An Ottoman Firman bearing the tughra of Sultan Mehmed IV (r.1648-87), Turkey, Istanbul, dated 1091 AH/1680 AD

Estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
ca. US$163,565 - US$245,347
Price realised:
£802,850
ca. US$1,313,181
Beschreibung:

An Ottoman Firman bearing the tughra of Sultan Mehmed IV (r.1648-87), Turkey, Istanbul, dated 1091 AH/1680 AD Ottoman Turkish manuscript on polished paper, of typical scroll form, the opening with the tughra of Sultan Mehmed IV elaborately embellished with a triangular motif of interlacing flowers in colours and gold on polychrome grounds, the document interspersed with lines of text in gold, the main section written in black ink 372 by 61cm.

Auction archive: Lot number 238
Auction:
Datum:
6 Apr 2011
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

An Ottoman Firman bearing the tughra of Sultan Mehmed IV (r.1648-87), Turkey, Istanbul, dated 1091 AH/1680 AD Ottoman Turkish manuscript on polished paper, of typical scroll form, the opening with the tughra of Sultan Mehmed IV elaborately embellished with a triangular motif of interlacing flowers in colours and gold on polychrome grounds, the document interspersed with lines of text in gold, the main section written in black ink 372 by 61cm.

Auction archive: Lot number 238
Auction:
Datum:
6 Apr 2011
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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