AN OTTOMAN KABAA KISWA SAMADIYAH, EARLY 20TH CENTURY An... Lot 205

AN OTTOMAN KABAA KISWA SAMADIYAH, EARLY 20TH CENTURY 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 with a large roundel enclosing in thuluth script Quran 94 surah Al-Inshirah, to the center Al-Basmallah. All surrounded by flower sprigs and arabesque on a red ground. 110 by 116 cm