A prophet riding a camel outside the walls of the Ka'ba, India, Mughal, circa 1600

gouache heightened with gold on paper, laid down on an album page with narrow orange, blue and green borders, the margins decorated with foliate palmette scrolls

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This illustration would have been part of a historical manuscript incorporating the history of Islam and depicts the moment The Prophet rode seven times round the Ka'ba on a camel after an attack had been made on Mecca. A related album page formerly in the Kevorkian collection and sold through these rooms 1 December 1969, lot 119, depicts the same scene.