AN EMBROIDERED PRAYER MAT

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£ 982 800
Date de l'enchèreClassic
26.10.2023 10:30UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 1033067
Lot 76 | AN EMBROIDERED PRAYER MAT
AN EMBROIDERED PRAYER MAT

IRAN, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

On cream ground, the borders embroidered with dense thuluth inscriptions within cartouches surrounded by floral vine, the indigo jamawar field from circa 1800 probably later added, the mihrab possibly reduced in length, mounted behind perspex

4ft8in. x 3ft1.2/8in. (142 x 96cm.)





Provenance

With London trade, 1986



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