Ottoman Islamic alam, 19th century. - Lot 86

Ottoman Islamic alam, 19th century. Bronze Height 19.2 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 wide foot to the upper part which is surmounted by a large crescent. 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.