AN OTTOMAN SILK KABAA KISWA SAMADIYAH, TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3001304

An Ottoman Kaaba kiswa brocade or samadiyah, of square form placed always on the four corners of the Kaaba. Embellished in silver and gilt wires on a black silk with a large roundel enclosing in thuluth script Quran 112 surah Al-Ikhlas or Al-Tawhid, to the centre four words of 'O, Allah'. All surrounded by flower sprigs and arabesque on a red and green ground. 106 by 106 cm.