A large painting depicting Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem, signed by Mehmed Sadiq, Turkey, Ottoman, 19th century

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper laid down on panel, with 3 vignettes each depicting Mecca, Medina, and the Dome of the Rock within floral frames, 2 lines in naskh in black ink below, framed

75.5 by 108.5cm. framed

inscriptions

The inscriptions beneath the painting comprise a poem in Turkish in praise of Mecca and Medina and calling the painting a blessed depiction of the Holy Places. It begins:

‘aceb nakş-i mübarek bağ-i cennet

bu resm-i şehr-i sultan-i risalet

‘Marvellous, blessed picture, the heavenly garden!

This is the depiction of the city of the sultan of prophethood.'

dhahhabahu sadiq muhammad bi-sakin fatih sultan muhammad, ‘Muhammad Sadiq (Mehmed Sadık) [known] as the resident of Fatih Sultan Mehmed (the Fatih district in Istanbul) illuminated it.’

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