A SILK TOMB COVER

Lot 77
26.10.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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£ 63 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1033145
Lot 77 | A SILK TOMB COVER
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
A SILK TOMB COVER

SAFAVID IRAN, MID-17TH CENTURY

Comprising a full loom width, woven with large calligraphic cartouches in thuluth arranged in alternating rows of blue and crimson-pink, divided by rows of smaller calligraphic cartouches in green and narrow stripes of floral meander and scrolling vine in blue, mounted, framed and glazed

5ft2in. x 3ft. (157.3 x 91.5cm.)





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With Colnaghi, London, 1984
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