A SILK VELVET AND METAL-THREAD EMBROIDERED PANEL

Lot 86
24.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 6 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1306585
Lot 86 | A SILK VELVET AND METAL-THREAD EMBROIDERED PANEL
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
A SILK VELVET AND METAL-THREAD EMBROIDERED PANEL
IRAN, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY
The red velvet ground embroidered with red, blue, cream and black silk and metal threads, the central field with a rosette surrounded by birds and flowers, the centre of the rosette and cartouches either side with inscription in black nasta'liq, inner border with scrolling foliage and vines, outer border with repeating trefoils, backed
4ft.11in. x 3ft.2in. (150.5 x 99cm.)




Provenance

By repute, acquired by the present owner from the estate of US diplomat Stanton Griffis (d.1974), Florida, 1980



Engraved

In the cartouches at either end mubarak bash 'May good fortune attend you'
In the central cartouche, kasi ki barin charkh takiya [dahad] khurshid ast, 'Whoever leans on this firmament is the sun”



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