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A LARGE PAINTED PANEL DEPICTING THE MASJID AL-HARAM IN MECCA WITH FRAGMENT OF KA'ABA HANGING TEXTILE
SIGNED 'ALI HAYDAR, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1212/1797-98 AD
Gouache on paper mounted on wooden panel, depicting the structure of the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca with ten calligraphic panels and a depiction of the Kaaba at the centre overlaid with a fragment of kiswa textile woven with calligraphic decoration, captions naming the various gates of the mosque, several areas of worm-holing, signed and dated in bottom left-hand corner
50¼ x 36in. (127.6 x 91.4cm.)