Lot 17
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A millefleurs jamawar prayer mat, the ivory field woven with a saffron yellow double-niche floral mehrab and centred with a lobed ogival medallion set amidst a profusion of flowers, the borders with palmette medallions reserved against an indigo ground, the narrow ivory ribbons between woven with a floral meander, with small embroidered numerical inscription--37½ x 28in. (95 x 71cm.), Kashmir, early 19th century, small holes and repairs, later ribbon fringing
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A millefleurs jamawar prayer mat, the ivory field woven with a saffron yellow double-niche floral mehrab and centred with a lobed ogival medallion set amidst a profusion of flowers, the borders with palmette medallions reserved against an indigo ground, the narrow ivory ribbons between woven with a floral meander, with small embroidered numerical inscription--37½ x 28in. (95 x 71cm.), Kashmir, early 19th century, small holes and repairs, later ribbon fringing

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A millefleurs jamawar prayer mat, the ivory field woven with a saffron yellow double-niche floral mehrab and centred with a lobed ogival medallion set amidst a profusion of flowers, the borders with palmette medallions reserved against an indigo ground, the narrow ivory ribbons between woven with a floral meander, with small embroidered numerical inscription--37½ x 28in. (95 x 71cm.), Kashmir, early 19th century, small holes and repairs, later ribbon fringing
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