AN OTTOMAN SILK KABAA KISWA SAMADIYAH, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3004932

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 red ground with a large roundel enclosing in thuluth script Quran 94 surah Al-Inshirah, to the centre Al-Basmallah. All surrounded by flower sprigs and arabesque on a black and green ground.
80 by 80 cm.