THE KAABA ON TEXTILE, OTTOMAN, TURKEY, CIRCA 1900

THE KAABA ON TEXTILE, OTTOMAN, TURKEY, CIRCA 1900

Reference: ART3001783

A painting on textile, depicting a roundel enclosing the great Mosque of Mecca including important significant sites like the black stone, Maqam Ibrahim and the Zamzam well. Further the four Maqams of the prominent Islam schools before, three of them got removed and only the Hanbali Maqam remained till today, surrounded two verses v.124-v.125 of surah Al-Baqarah. The outer decoration with different verses in black and brown ink in naskh script with geometric designs. 51 by 51 cm.