A susani bocha (ceremonial cover),

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A susani bocha (ceremonial cover),
embroidered with a border of small scalle rosettes within zigzagging leaf ribbons, the field worked in Bokharan couched stitch with a stellar medallion, with a flowering spray radiating to each corner, Bokhara, first half of the 19th century--71cm x 78cm
See Colour Plate 24
Literature
Cf Seltene Orientteppiche, V
Compare Susani, Central Asian Embroideries, from the collection of Y Yanai, Tel Aviv 1986, figure 18.

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