ID 1178305
Lot 163 | A SILK AND METAL-THREAD FRAGMENT OF THE KISWAT AL-KA'BA
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 70 000
MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA, AFTER 1927
The ground embroidered with gold and silver metal-thread on black silk, the silver central cartouche containing inscription in gold thuluth, the cartouche contained within a rectangular gold border with foliate corners, the weave of the black silk left exposed in parts to create a calligraphic inscription in thuluth, mounted
3ft. x 8ft. (90cm. x 241cm.)
Provenance
Private UK Collection
Inscribed
'God the Exalted said' followed by the first half of Qur'an, II, sura al-baqara, v.186
| Applied technique: | Embroidery |
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| Medium: | Textile |
| Place of origin: | Asia, Saudi Arabia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Embroidery |
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| Medium: | Textile |
| Place of origin: | Asia, Saudi Arabia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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