Qur’anic leaf. Calligraphic Elegance in the Ottoman Classical Age: A Qur’anic Leaf in the Style of Ahmet. c.1550

Qur’anic leaf. Calligraphic Elegance in the Ottoman Classical Age: A Qur’anic Leaf in the Style of Ahmet   In the Style of Ahmet Karahisari.  Turkey, 1550

Qur’anic leaf, Ottoman, C16th.
Surah Al-An?am (6:104-110) Ottoman Empire. Single leaf. 274mm x 177mm. Three lines in bold calligraphic script, interspersed with two sections of three smaller lines each. Framed in gold on one side, while the reverse side lacks borders. Written in soot-based ink on burnished, watermarked paper.