Mesk IV

*This product is shipped unframed. 

Year: 2011

Medium: Yellow ink, hand-made ahar paper dyed dark blue

Script: Jeli Talik

Image size: 22.8 x 19.5”

Interpretation: Poem commemorating an Ottoman victory, calligraphed c. 1895 by Sami Efendi and used as a calligraphy model for the Jeli Talik script. The text is interspersed with analyses of the letterforms.

Signature: Signed and dated by artist