EARLY 20TH CENTURY, DECCAN

Details

AN INDIAN MULTI-NICHE PRAYER DHURRIE
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, DECCAN
Of large size, with a blue and white palette, with saf design, with light surface marks, some fading and spots of wear
22 ft. x 7 ft. 3 in. (670 x 221 cm.)

Provenance

A mosque in Hyderabad, India.

Literature

Illustrated on the back cover of Durries, Nada Chaldecott, London, 2003.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve. No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This monumental multi-niche prayer dhurrie, or saf may have originally been commissioned for an idgah (the open space used during the id al-kabir, birthday of the Prophet, and id al-fitr, end of Ramadan). The use of blue and white has spiritual and mystical significance, being closely linked to the state of sama reached in prayers (see op cit., p. 149).

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