A SILK AND METAL-THREAD KOUM KAPI MAT

Lot 174
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Lot 174 | A SILK AND METAL-THREAD KOUM KAPI MAT
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£ 2 000 – 3 000
A SILK AND METAL-THREAD KOUM KAPI MAT

WOVEN BY ZAREH PENYAMIN, ISTANBUL, CIRCA 1920

Overall very good condition

1ft.11in. x 1ft.3in. (59cm. x 39cm.)





Provenance

Acquired from the family of Zareh Penyamin

George Farrow, personal catalogue, 1991



Inscribed

The metal-thread inscriptions bear the various names of god; O Helper, O Kind One, O Compassionate One, O Worshipped one, O Opener (of Gates). In one corner the word Huwa, 'He'.
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