A LAVENDER BLUE SILK SUSANI
A LAVENDER BLUE SILK SUSANI

USBEKISTAN, POSSIBLY FERGHANA, MID 19TH CENTURY

Details
A LAVENDER BLUE SILK SUSANI
USBEKISTAN, POSSIBLY FERGHANA, MID 19TH CENTURY
The two-tone ground embroidered with a red central circular medallion radiating four colourful boteh, the border repeating this motifs with the addition of deep pink ramshorn flower heads
90 x 67in. (220 x 170cm.)

Lot Essay

Compare Keshte, The Marshall and Marilyn R Wolf Collection, Plate 32 for a very similar susani on lilac two-tone silk, with the same general format.

More from Arts of Islam

View All
View All