Mecca Gate

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Exterior Ceramic Calligraphic Panel: Mecca Gate: Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Hand painted ceramic tiles with Thuluth Calligraphy by Rasheed Butt of Pakistan. Border design and quality control during production by Jay Bonner. The tiles were produced in Istanbul, Turkey.

Length = 7.0 meters: Height = 1.3 meters.
1986
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Rasmi Vault and Stained Glass Window: Mecca Gate: Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Rasmi vaulting and stained glass window from Mecca Gate, Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Design and quality control during production of the stained glass panels, GRG rasmi vaults, and GRG muqarnas capitals by Jay Bonner.

Pre-cast glass reinforced gypsum vaults (GRG); and hand blown stained glass set into pre-cast glass reinforced gypsum windows.

Pre-fabricated in Wales, U.K.
1986