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Four Wooden Roundels

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The Khalili Collections

Four Wooden Roundels
Four Wooden Roundels
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Ottoman mosque architecture was dominated by central domes, the pendentives of which often bore roundels, of painted wood or tilework, with the names of God, Muhammad, Abu Bakr, 'Uthman, 'Umar and 'Ali, and sometimes the names of Hasan and Husayn too, and appropriate prayers for each. The most famous, and the largest, are those designed by the nineteenth-century calligrapher, Mustafa 'Izzet in the mosque of Ayasofya (converted from the great Byzantine church of Hagia Sophia) in Istanbul. The four roundels in the Khalili Collection are inscribed with the names of God (MXD 265a), Abu Bakr (MXD 265b), 'Uthman (MXD 265c) and Hasan (MXD 265d).

The Khalili Collections

London

Title

Four Wooden Roundels

Date

19th C

Medium

wood, carved in champlevé, with gilt inscriptions on painted ground, over a layer of gesso

Accession number

285

Work type

Relief

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