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English: Tile with a depiction of the Ka'ba and Sacred Enclosure at Mecca, Turkey probably from Iznik
Date circa 1650
date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium Fritware/stonepaste with underglaze decoration
Dimensions Height: 61 cm, Width: 38 cm
institution QS:P195,Q213322
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Islamic Middle East, room 42, case WW11
Accession number
427-1900
Place of creation probably made in Iznik, Turkey
Notes Other Iznik tiles depicting Mecca on Commons: File:Panel tile Mecca Louvre MAO3919-2-242.jpg, File:Paris Louvre Keramik 38.JPG, File:Paris Louvre Keramik 41.JPG, File:Pergamon Museum Berlin 2007123.jpg
References Porter, Venetia (1995). Islamic Tiles. London: British Museum Press. ISBN 978-0-7141-1456-9 p. 112.
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