ID 727148
Lot 129 | A SILK AND METAL THREAD BROCADED CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL FROM THE KA'BA IN MECCA
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA, 1928-1936
The black silk ground woven with an elegantly drawn overlaid naskh inscription panel in gilt thread, the dots and diacritics in granular gilt beading, the spandrels with a couched and laid gilt-wire lattice, in a border of silver meandering leafy vine between plain gilt stripes
31 1⁄2 x 191in. (80 x 486cm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale in these Rooms, 23 April 1996, lot 27
| Medium: | Silk, Textile |
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| Place of origin: | Asia, Saudi Arabia |
| Medium: | Silk, Textile |
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| Place of origin: | Asia, Saudi Arabia |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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