Lot Essay
Compare Catalogue Number 8, page 18, Persische Seiden, Krefeld, 1988 for the mirror image of this silk. See also Victoria & Albert Museum, Islamic Textile Designs, 1983, page 16, No 37.
SAFAVID, LATE 16TH, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Details
A FRAGMENT OF SILK BROCADE
SAFAVID, LATE 16TH, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
woven with three rose bushes each with a bird, possibly a bulbul (nightingale) and a hare and deer below
16in. x 8in (40 x 20cm.)
mounted in perspex
SAFAVID, LATE 16TH, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
woven with three rose bushes each with a bird, possibly a bulbul (nightingale) and a hare and deer below
16in. x 8in (40 x 20cm.)
mounted in perspex
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