AN EXTREMELY LARGE SAFAVID VELVET PANEL

Lot 34
25.04.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1178426
Lot 34 | AN EXTREMELY LARGE SAFAVID VELVET PANEL
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
AN EXTREMELY LARGE SAFAVID VELVET PANEL

IRAN, LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY

Comprising a full loom width decorated with a repeated pattern of a cypress tree growing between two floral stems, flanked by a bird to each side, traces of metal-thread, mounted, framed and glazed

61 3⁄8 x 27 ½in. (155.9 x 69.9cm.)





Provenance

Giorgio Sangiorgi (d.1960),

Acquired by the present owner from Spink & Son, 1985



Literature

Spink & Son Ltd, Textiles from the Sangiorgi Collection, exhibition catalogue, London, 1985, no. 20 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Donald King, Textiles from the Sangiorgi Collection, Spink & Son, London, 17 September - 5 October 1985



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