Lot 129
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A METAL-THREAD CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (HIZAM) FROM THE KISWA OF THE HOLY KA'BA
A METAL-THREAD CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (HIZAM) FROM THE KISWA OF THE HOLY KA'BA
A METAL-THREAD CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (HIZAM) FROM THE KISWA OF THE HOLY KA'BA
A METAL-THREAD CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (HIZAM) FROM THE KISWA OF THE HOLY KA'BA
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A METAL-THREAD CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (HIZAM) FROM THE KISWA OF THE HOLY KA'BA

PROBABLY OTTOMAN EGYPT, CIRCA 1910

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A METAL-THREAD CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (HIZAM) FROM THE KISWA OF THE HOLY KA'BA
PROBABLY OTTOMAN EGYPT, CIRCA 1910
The black 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, mounted and framed, light occasional fraying
3ft.1in. x 9ft.11in. (94 x 300cm.)
Provenance
Private UK Collection
Engraved
Qur'an XXII, sura al-Haj, vv.28 (part) - 29, ending with sadaqa Allah al-azim, 'Allah the Great has spoken the truth'

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Lot Essay

The style of this fragment is similar to a burqa' in the collection of the Topkapi Museum, Istanbul, inscribed to Mehmed V and dated to AH 1327 / 1909-10 AD (Hülya Tezcan, Kutsal Mekânlarda Kutsanmiş Örtüler, Istanbul, 2017, no.46, p.240). Like our fragment, the Qur'anic inscription at the base of that textile includes the phrase sadaqa Allah al-Azim, which had not appeared on earlier textiles. Also similar in style to our example, and using a very similar border, is a Hizam panel sold in these Rooms, 25 October 2018, lot 265.

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