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Vertical Kaaba Scroll

Ink and watercolor on paper (vertical scroll format), 132 x 78cm, China, Nineteenth Century.

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  • Plum Blossoms Above the Kaaba

    story by Yi Ting Lee , Prokriti Shyamolima.

    Some images are so familiar to us that it may be difficult to imagine a different perspective. The iconic cuboid Kaaba, the Islamic House of God in Mecca, present-day Saudi Arabia, shares this quality.

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