Petit fragment d’un velours, Iran, Ispahan, art safavide, début du XVIIème siècle

façonné et broché de fils métaliques, décor polychrome, représentant une figure monumentale, une femme debout, vétûe d'une robe drapée, tenant une coupe dans sa main gauche, sur un fond de paysage, inscription en coufique probablement la signature de (Khawaja) Guyath al-Din; manques, usures, fragmentaire 

Royal Academy, London, 1931

International Exhibition of Persian Art, Royal Academy, London, 1931

Fragmentary, losses and fraying to external edges, velvet and metal-threads faded and distressed, discoloration, mounted on canvas, with a squared kufic inscription probably signature of (Khawaja) Guyath al-Din. as viewed.
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Ce fragment avec le lot précèdent (54), faisaient probablement partie du même velours avec des personnages orientés de manière opposée.