The Kaaba, seen from a bird's eye view, Against a golden background lies a white palace or a mosque with a walled courtyard in which all sorts of loose structures stand, in the middle a dark square structure on a round, enclosed courtyard, outside wall has 6 towers and outside the wall a few houses are scattered here and there, on the horizon green hills. The representation is framed by thin frame lines in black, colored with gold and at some distance therefrom a second gold-colored border in black frame lines, on the back text, also framed in golden piping and ornamented here and there with colored floral motifs., anonymous, Iran, c. 1800 - c. 1899, paper, brush, h 30 cm × w 42.5 cm h 135 mm × w 80 mm h 170 mm × w 108 mm
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Kaaba, bird's eye view, golden background lies, white palace, mosque, walled courtyard, sorts, loose structures stand, middle, dark square structure, round, enclosed courtyard, outside wall, 6 towers, outside, wall, houses, scattered, horizon green hills, representation, framed, thin frame lines, black, colored, gold, distance therefrom, second gold-colored border, black frame lines, back text, golden piping, ornamented, colored floral motifs, Iran, c, 1800, 1899, paper, brush
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