A Kaaba Kiswa Textile Fragment with Embroidered Arabic Scrip...

Hammer

£220

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