![19th Century Ottoman Instructional Calligraphy. Signed at upper left by master calligrapher Ra'if: Signed at upper left by master calligrapher Ra'if Bey Efferdi. 16 x 8.125 inches, sight. For condition report please contact E-mail :(antiquesyorkville@gmail.com ) phone:(+647-671-4495) Thanks Yorkvil](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7945/334078/180511208_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718927446)
Calligraphy Ottomans, Foot Stools & Poufs
![19th Century Ottoman Instructional Calligraphy. Signed at upper left by master calligrapher Ra'if: Signed at upper left by master calligrapher Ra'if Bey Efferdi. 16 x 8.125 inches, sight. For condition report please contact E-mail :(antiquesyorkville@gmail.com ) phone:(+647-671-4495) Thanks Yorkvil](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7945/334078/180511208_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718927446)
![Muhammadiya Ottoman Islamic Turkish Calligraphy Muhammadiya Ottoman Islamic Religious Calligraphy: Muhammadiya Ottoman Islamic Religious Calligraphy Manuscript on smoothed paper. Magnesia, Ottoman Empire, dated 1262 (1845/46). W 20cm, L 28cm. With ornamental floral decoration in front of a](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7945/334078/180511207_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718927446)
![A 19TH CENTURY TURKISH OR OTTOMAN YATAGHAN,: A 19TH CENTURY TURKISH OR OTTOMAN YATAGHAN, 58.5cm curving blade incised with a panel of stylized calligraphy and flower heads with traces of silver inlay, foliate chased white metal forte and hilt, t](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6839/333919/180429108_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718821962)
![A 19TH CENTURY OTTOMAN KHANJAR OR JAMBIYA,: A 19TH CENTURY OTTOMAN KHANJAR OR JAMBIYA, 29.5cm slightly curved blade with raised medial ridge and traces of gold damascene calligraphy at the forte, characteristic iron hilt with angular guards and](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6839/333919/180429095_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718875131)
![A 19TH CENTURY TURKISH OR OTTOMAN YATAGHAN,: A 19TH CENTURY TURKISH OR OTTOMAN YATAGHAN, 61cm curving blade decorated with a dagger to one side and a small panel of calligraphy to the other, foliate engraved white metal forte, brass mounted hilt](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6839/333919/180429109_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718821962)
![AN 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY TURKISH OR OTTOMAN YATAGHAN,: AN 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY TURKISH OR OTTOMAN YATAGHAN, 61cm curving blade decorated with chevrons and a small panel of calligraphy, foliate embossed brass forte and hilt with two-piece re-riveted wooden](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6839/333919/180429107_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718821962)
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![Kwong Lum calligraphy exhibition on view in New York](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FEAT图四-2.jpg)
Kwong Lum calligraphy exhibition on view in New York
NEW YORK – Kwong Lum’s “Unrestrained Freehand Cursive Calligraphy” exhibition is now on view at Gianguan Auction Gallery, located at 39 W. 56th St., in Manhattan.
![Gianguan Auctions chronicles paintings, calligraphy highlights](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2015_0608_JuRanLandscape_PanTianshou.jpg)
Gianguan Auctions chronicles paintings, calligraphy highlights
NEW YORK – Gianguan Auctions New York announces the publication of Chronicle of Gianguan: Thirteen Years of Master Paintings and Calligraphy, a curated retrospective of important Chinese paintings that have crossed the gallery’s podium. It offers readers a visual history of Chinese ink as it evolved from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) to the contemporary.
![China chides cadres: No more calligraphy clubs](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015_0121_calligraphy_large.jpg)
China chides cadres: No more calligraphy clubs
BEIJING (AFP) – The writing is on the wall for Chinese officials caught up in the latest hotbed of graft and corruption: calligraphy associations. The written form has long been revered as an art in China, and it was part of the civil service examinations in Imperial times. More recently, inscriptions by Communist China’s founding […]
![Calligraphy scrolls keep Asian items on a roll at Michaan’s](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014_0811_michaan232_lead.jpg)
Calligraphy scrolls keep Asian items on a roll at Michaan’s
ALAMEDA, Calif. – Chinese arts and antiquities continued to prove their worth as a hot commodity in Michaan’s estate auction Aug. 3. A runaway sales success was found in lot 179, a set of six hanging scrolls of calligraphy brushwork attributed to Yu Youren, which was estimated to sell for $2,000-3,000. The set provided a […]