A SUSANI
BUKHARA, UZBEKISTAN, 19TH CENTURY
Embroidered with swaying floral branches rising from a ewer, a cockerel perched on the uppermost flower
98 3/8 x 67in. (250 x 170cm.)
The serrated leaves of this susani, which encircle every flower head of the fluid floral sprig that rises from the baluster vase and forms a lattice are all typical of Bukhara work.
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