Lot 307 A GILT METAL-THREAD EMBROIDERED KISWAH FRAGMENT, MADE FOR THE HOLY KA'BA, SAUDIA ARABIA 20TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3008422

Of square form, embroidered in gilt-metal and silver thread on black ground with a central roundel incorporating the bismallah, encircled by an inscription in thuluth, the corners decorated with arabesques 93 by 95 cm

The inscriptions comprise: In the centre: the bismallah and surah al-Ikhlas.