ID 932168
Lot 68 | A BROCADED SILK AND GOLD ROBE (JAMA)
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 30 000
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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