Ottoman Islamic alam, 19th century. - Lot 83

Ottoman Islamic alam, 19th century. Gilded bronze, inscribed "ma sha' Allah" (what Allah has willed) Height: 53.7 cm Alam, or Islamic flag, finely worked, which since the advent of Islam and especially the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in 1453, designates and recalls the architectural element that crowns a minaret, the dome of a mosque or a minbar (pulpit), its sculpted body presents a succession of convex and concave profiles, tapering from the broad foot to the slender upper part. The stem is surmounted by a large lyre-shaped crescent, topped by an openwork Arabic inscription. Provenance: collection of H.R.H. Prince Osman Ibrahim of Egypt (1951-2025), son of HRH Amr Ibrahim of Egypt and HRH Princess Nejla Hibetullah Sultan (Necla Osmanoğlu) of Turkey, granddaughter of the last Caliph Abdulmejid II and Sultan Mehmed VI.