AN OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE SIGNED BY MEHMED SHEHRI
TURKEY, DATED AH 1153/ AD 1740
£1,890
Auction: 11 December 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
with nine diagonal lines in naskh script, and a wide panel in thuluth script above, gold rules, mounted on polychrome marbled card
Dimensions
15.7cm x 22.5cm
Footnote
Born in Istanbul, Mehmed Shehri was the son of a razor-maker (usturaci), thus known as usturaci-zade (razor-maker’s son). He studied thuluth and naskh with the master calligrapher Mehmed Giridi (d. 1751) and got his calligrapher’s diploma (ijazat) under his supervision. Both in thuluth and naskh scripts he followed the style of the famous Hafiz Osman Efendi (d. 1698) the calligraphy tutor of Sultan Mustafa II (r. 1695-1703) and Sultan Ahmed III (r. 1703-1730). Hafiz Osman was also the calligraphy tutor of Mehmed Shehri’s tutor Mehmed Giridi. He was only thirty-three years old when he died in 1740. He was buried in the Taksim cemetery in Istanbul.