Lot 322 A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID WOODEN HANGING PANEL, JERUSALEM, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Reference: ART3001964
Of rectangular form and inlaid with mother-of-pearl in low relief on a wooden panel, depicting Al-Kaaba in Al-Masjid Al-Haram with Haijr Ismail, zamzam well, Minbar and Hanbli maqam.
The side curtain of the Kaaba is raised with the entry of the time of Hajj as a declaration that informs people of the entry of the time of performing the fifth corner of Islam, and decorated with Quran 3 surah Al-Imraan v.96. Above the mosque a central roundel enclosing 'The Holy Mecca'. All surrounded by scrolls and stiff leaves.
55 by 65 cm.