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A Magnificent Ottoman Velvet, Silk and Metal Thread Calligraphic Band (Hizam) from the Holy Ka'ba at Mecca, Early 20th century
Estimate
120,000 - 160,000 GBP
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Description
of rectangular form, the black ground embroidered with silver and silver-gilt metal threads with a monumental frieze bordered by minor bands of scrolling tendrils, applied pistachio green silk spandrels with a calligraphic keyfret roundel and foliate forms
Catalogue Note
inscriptions
In the roundel: Invocations to God.
In the band: Qur'an, surah al-Hajj (XXII), 26-27.
In the roundel: Invocations to God.
Similar roundels are in the hizams ordered by 'Abd al-Hamid II (with a different Qur'anic text), and Muhammad V (also with a different text). (Tezcan 1996, cat. 43 & 44).