Lot 224 AN OTTOMAN SILK KABAA KISWA SAMADIYAH, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Reference: ART3008062
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.
117 by 115 cm.