Ka'ba Tile, ca. 1720–30, Made in Turkey, Istanbul, Tekfur Sarayi (workshop), Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze, H: 13.8 in. (35 cm), Ceramics-Tiles, Osman Ibn Mehmed (Turkish, active first half 18th century), This rectangular tile depicts a stylized view of Mecca, with the black-shrouded Ka‘ba in the center of the Masjid al-Haram and other buildings within and around the holy sanctuary. It is part of a larger material corpus related to the Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca and sites in its vicinity, which each pious Muslim should perform once in his or her life
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Ka'ba Tile, ca, 1720–30, Turkey, Istanbul, Tekfur Sarayi, workshop, Stonepaste, polychrome painted under transparent glaze, H, 13.8, 35 cm, Ceramics-Tiles, Osman Ibn Mehmed, Turkish, active first half 18th century, rectangular, tile, depicts, stylized view, Mecca, black-shrouded Ka‘ba, center, Masjid al-Haram, buildings within, holy sanctuary, part, larger material, corpus, related, Hajj, pilgrimage, sites, vicinity, pious Muslim, should, perform, life
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