A METAL-THREAD CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (HIZAM) FROM THE KISWA OF THE HOLY KA`BA

Lot 128
01.05.2025 11:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 128 | A METAL-THREAD CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (HIZAM) FROM THE KISWA OF THE HOLY KA'BA
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£ 70 000 – 100 000
A METAL-THREAD CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (HIZAM) FROM THE KISWA OF THE HOLY KA'BA
OTTOMAN EGYPT, CIRCA 1900
The midnight-blue silk ground heavily embroidered with gold and silver wrapped threads, the cartouche embroidered with strong thuluth, scrolling vines above and below, the spandrels with part flowerheads, blue velvet border applied to edges with Velcro strip above for display purposes
2ft.10in. x 9ft.9in. (87 x 297cm.)




Provenance

By repute gifted to the father of the previous owner by King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz al Saud, early 1980s
Thence by descent until 2024



Engraved

Qur'an XXII, sura al-Haj, vv.28-29
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