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A COLLECTION OF ASSAMESE SILKS
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A COLLECTION OF ASSAMESE SILKS

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A COLLECTION OF ASSAMESE SILKS
including a length of red and white silk woven with vajira within an oval lattice, 18th century--50in. (127cm.) x 21in. (53cm.) and five other Assamese silks (5)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

These silks belong to the group of 17th and 18th century double weaves originating in today's modern Indian state of Assam.

Cf Cieta Bulletin No 80, 2003, 'Assamese Lampas in the Riboud Collection' by S Cohen for a discussion of these and similar silks from North Eastern India.

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