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TURKEY, PROBABLY ISTANBUL, MID 19TH CENTURY
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AN OTTOMAN PAINTED METAL TRAY WITH A DEPICTION OF THE MASJID AL-HARAM AT MECCA
TURKEY, PROBABLY ISTANBUL, MID 19TH CENTURY
Of oval form with vertical sides and two gold painted curved handles, the centre with a painted depiction of the Kaaba and the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca within a cusped cartouche on a red ground with pink and blue floral sprays, the sides with gold painted scrolling floral arabesques, the underside with traces of black paint and a maker's mark
15¾in. (40cm.) wide
TURKEY, PROBABLY ISTANBUL, MID 19TH CENTURY
Of oval form with vertical sides and two gold painted curved handles, the centre with a painted depiction of the Kaaba and the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca within a cusped cartouche on a red ground with pink and blue floral sprays, the sides with gold painted scrolling floral arabesques, the underside with traces of black paint and a maker's mark
15¾in. (40cm.) wide
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