A SILK TOMB COVER FRAGMENT

Lot 75
26.10.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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ID 1033200
Lot 75 | A SILK TOMB COVER FRAGMENT
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
A SILK TOMB COVER FRAGMENT

SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY

The black silk ground woven with a reciprocal star and cross design with gold thread, each panel containing the words Ya Imam Husayn, and each cross with a stylised foliate design, mounted behind clear acrylic

27 ½ x 22 ½in. (70 x 57cm.)





Provenance

With Lisbet Holmes Textiles, London, 1987



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