Calligraphic Panel

Location: Ottoman Turkey

Materials: gold and silver on black-coated paper

Dimensions: 33.2 x 60.5cm

Accession Number: CAL 403

Other Notes:

Although the composition – an Arabic aphorism which reads ‘God will help you in all matters’ – is signed by Sultan ‘Abdulaziz, it is most probably not his own, as he was not known for the quality of his calligraphy.

Script:

written in jali thulth

Bibliography:

N.F. Safwat, The Art of the Pen. Calligraphy of the 14th to 20th Centuries, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, volume V, London 1996, cat.95, pp.160–61.