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A METAL THREAD APPLIQUÉ NAVY SILK BAND (HIZAM) FROM THE HOLY KA'ABA CURTAIN (KISWAH) IN MECCA

EGYPT, CIRCA 1900

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A METAL THREAD APPLIQUÉ NAVY SILK BAND (HIZAM) FROM THE HOLY KA'ABA CURTAIN (KISWAH) IN MECCA
EGYPT, CIRCA 1900
The silk ground woven with a very strong thuluth inscription within a cartouche, with rounded ends, the spandrels with metal-thread floral motifs, a band of meandering leafy silver vine above and below, very occasional wear
33¾in. x 235in. (597.5cm x 85.5cm)

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Lot Essay

The inscription is from the Qur'an: sura xxii (al-Haj), vv.28-29.
A similar long hizam band on midnight blue ground was sold in these Rooms 26 April 1994, lot 15.

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