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EIGHT FATIMID TIRAZ BANDS
NORTH AFRICA, 10TH/11TH CENTURY
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EIGHT FATIMID TIRAZ BANDS
NORTH AFRICA, 10TH/11TH CENTURY
Comprising eight cotton tiraz fragments, five with calligraphic inscriptions and three with geometric decoration, including one of plainweave linen woven in bordeaux cotton with delicate palmetted and pseudo-kufic calligraphy; the second one of plainweave linen woven in black cotton with the writing in white and scrolls of palmettes; the third one on wool woven with green and white cotton, decorated with geometric patterns; the fourth fragment, woven with red, beige and white cotton, with naskh script
The largest 13 x 6¾in. (33 x 17cm.) (8)
NORTH AFRICA, 10TH/11TH CENTURY
Comprising eight cotton tiraz fragments, five with calligraphic inscriptions and three with geometric decoration, including one of plainweave linen woven in bordeaux cotton with delicate palmetted and pseudo-kufic calligraphy; the second one of plainweave linen woven in black cotton with the writing in white and scrolls of palmettes; the third one on wool woven with green and white cotton, decorated with geometric patterns; the fourth fragment, woven with red, beige and white cotton, with naskh script
The largest 13 x 6¾in. (33 x 17cm.) (8)
Provenance
FORMERLY WERNER FORMAN COLLECTION, ACQUIRED BY THE PRESENT OWNER IN 2008