ID 1033070
Lot 70 | A SAFAVID SILK AND METAL-THREAD BROCADE PANEL
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 70 000
IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
The silver ground woven with offset rows of rose-bushes rising from a rocky ground, each with a perching bird and a butterfly above, formed of two panels, minor repairs, mounted, framed and glazed
45 ¼ x 17 ¼in. (114.8 x 43.9cm.)
Provenance
With Spink & Son, London, 1983
Literature
Spink & Son, Islamic Textile Design: Islamic Textiles & Their Influence in Europe, London, 1-30 June 1983, cat.38, p.17
Further details
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