ANKARA, March 20 (KUNA) -- Ankara Art Gallery and Auction House hosted Tuesday an exhibition of collections of Ambassadors and diplomats, working in the Turkish capital, displaying Islamic art and culture.
The exhibition, On the Track of Our Civilization, included rare artworks that belonged to histories of Turkish and Persian art, Maher Abbasi, exhibition supervisor, told KUNA.
He said the exhibition "aims at introducing Turkey's historic tradition and modern culture to diplomats in Ankara." The exhibition, he added, included an exceptional piece for calligrapher Levent Karaduman, dated back to 1895, in which he wrote the entire Holy Quran.
There were two other artworks for Karaduman, where the calligrapher wrote the first two Surras of the Holy Quran: Al-Fateha and Al-Baqara, explained Abbasi.
The borders of most of artworks were colored in gold and were made of the Seljuk art, adding further beauty. There were two pieces made of cemaric and displaying the Holy Kaaba, said Abbasi.
The exhibition also included commercial certificates and property ownership documents which were printed during the Ottoman era. There were poems by Persian poets, mostly in praise of Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him).
Abbasi also pointed out to two Gold-plated copies to Holy Quran, and rosaries. (end) rs.bs