Lot 127
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A LONG JAMAWAR SHAWL WITH ORIGINAL BOX
A LONG JAMAWAR SHAWL WITH ORIGINAL BOX
A LONG JAMAWAR SHAWL WITH ORIGINAL BOX
A LONG JAMAWAR SHAWL WITH ORIGINAL BOX
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A LONG JAMAWAR SHAWL WITH ORIGINAL BOX

KASHMIR, ORIGINAL BOX DATED 1867

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A LONG JAMAWAR SHAWL WITH ORIGINAL BOX
KASHMIR, ORIGINAL BOX DATED 1867
Woven with central radiating foliated motif on the black matan field, with inward-facing stylised motifs, including botehs, surrounded by rows of elongated and snaking boteh on a polychrome ground, the boteh of the pallu encompassing the smaller boteh of the dhor, with embroidered harlequin borders, the original box with a satin pillow citing various company medals and copies of original notes of purchase from 'Compagnie des Indes', dated 1867
124 3⁄8 x 55 7/8in. (316 x 142cm.) approx.

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Lot Essay

The process of production of impressive shawls like this in Kashmiri workshops is depicted on a series of exceptional paintings attributed to Bishan Singh and recently sold as part of the Prince & Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan collection in these Rooms, 28 October 2025, lots 63-70 (see pp.184-7 of that catalogue for a detailed history of the Kashmiri shawl, and the French interest, and Lévi-Strauss, Cachemires, Paris, 1986). For related shawls produced for the French market and in their original boxes sold in these Rooms, see 27 April 2012, lot 572 and 5 April 2011, lot 255.

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