A BROCADED SILK AND GOLD ROBE (JAMA)

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27.04.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 68 | A BROCADED SILK AND GOLD ROBE (JAMA)
A BROCADED SILK AND GOLD ROBE (JAMA)

MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1700

Silk and gold threads, the cream ground decorated with repeating gold 'tiger stripe' (bubri) pattern with red outline, red silk trim, red and gold striped lining

40 1/4in. (102cm.) long





Provenance

Possibly Henry Vansittart (1732-1770) when Governor of Bengal from 1759 to 1764 or his brother George Vansittart (1745-1825 when in Bengal from 1761 to 1776

Thence by descent to the late Sir John and Lady Smith
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