Calligraphic composition hilye-i sherif, Ottoman Empire, sig - Lot 80

Calligraphic composition hilye-i sherif, Ottoman Empire, signed and dated 1275 H / 1858. Illuminated composition in gold and polychrome in three parts. The first is an inscribed panel of the Bismillah in a cartouche. It surmounts a circular hilye containing 'Alî's description of the Prophet Muhammad, surrounded by the names of the first four caliphs of Islam, known as Rashidun, and underlined by a panel of four lines of hadith, the first in large thuluth characters. Finally, two cartouches each give the date 1275 H / 1858 and the name of the calligrapher Muhammad 'Alî al-Reza Zadeh, followed by the names of 'Abd Allah al-Hilmî and Ibrahîm al-Jûdî, two masters who validated his work.framed in gilded wood.dim. sight: 30 x 15.5 cm; dim. frame: 62.2 x 44.2 cm. Stains, dampening, accidents, polychrome shifts, small holes and missing parts, three cut-out panels, minor retouching and restorations.