A silk and metal-thread brocade panel (Kemha), Turkey, Ottoman, late 16th century
Auction Closed
October 23, 01:24 PM GMT
Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
the cerise silk ground with a gilt brocade design comprising an ogival lattice formed of undulating strapwork decorated with cintamani motifs enclosing stylised artichokes, an arcade of flowers above and below, two labels to reverse 'PA Museum, Persian Ex, no.749, date 10-29-26' and 'S.L. 3901.7'
122 by 67.5cm.
Ex-collection Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951)
Ex-collection Charles Ratton (1897-1986), Paris, acquired in 1924
International Sesquicentennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 1926
J. Guiffrey, La collection Kelekian, Étoffes et tapis d'Orient et de Venise, Paris, 1900, pl.46
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