Ottoman-Era Quran Manuscript Sells for $144,000 at Sotheby’s Islamic Art Auction
The manuscript, commissioned by Munire Sultan, the daughter of Ottoman Sultan Abdulmecid I, fetched 114,300 pounds (approximately $144,000) at Sotheby's Auction House in London, marking a record sale in an auction showcasing the "Islamic World and Arts of India."
Numerous works were sold at the auction, titled "Arts of the Islamic World and India" held Thursday at Sotheby's Auction House in the capital of the UK, London. The elaborately illuminated Quran commissioned by Munire Sultan in 1860 was sold for a record price. The work, written by calligrapher Ibrahim Hakkı, a popular Turkish Sufi of the Ottoman Empire from Erzurum in eastern Anatolia who was a polymath, was valued at 70,000 pounds to 90,000 pounds, found a buyer for 114,300 pounds.
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Known to be commissioned on behalf of Munire Sultan's husband Ibrahim Ilhami Pasha, this Ottoman work is considered one of the finest examples of Turkish rococo that marked the 18th and, particularly, the 19th century. Besides various works by Ottoman calligraphers, data-x-items such as Iznik tiles, silk prayer rugs, kilims, daggers and cup sets were sold for thousands of pounds at the auction.
Among the data-x-items presented to new owners at the auction was also a Naskh Quran from 1804 by calligrapher Mustafa Rakım and a 1730s calligraphic exercise album by Mehmed Şehri.
Source: The Daily Sabah
