A FLEMISH EXOTIC TAPESTRY FRAGMENT

Lot 28
01.07.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1450948
Lot 28 | A FLEMISH EXOTIC TAPESTRY FRAGMENT
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
A FLEMISH EXOTIC TAPESTRY FRAGMENT
CIRCA 1504-1522, PROBABLY TOURNAI
Depicting the Landing at Calicut from the Story of the Portuguese, depicting the disembarkment of a horse with dromedaries in a boat and figures to either side in fantastical buildings and attire, reduced in width and lacking borders on three sides, with later green guard borders, areas of reweaving
11 ft. 8½ in. (357 cm.) high, 8 ft. 6¾ in. (260 cm.)




Provenance

With French & Co.
Anonymous Sale; Christie's, New York, 20 April 2010, lot 100.
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