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Lot 35: A Kaaba Kiswa Textile Fragment with Embroidered Arabic...

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Start price: £180

Estimated price: £250 - £300

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A Kaaba Kiswa Textile Fragment with Embroidered Arabic Script.

This textile fragment is a section of the kiswa, the sacred cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca. The fabric is deep red, adorned with meticulously embroidered Arabic calligraphy arranged in a repeating chevron pattern. The inscriptions, rendered in contrasting thread, feature religious phrases and invocations.

Approximately 140 x 87cm

Provenance:

From the collection of a distinguished gentleman in NW London