Lot Essay
Textiles of this kind were made as tomb covers or hanging as tributes for the shrines of honoured men or Shi'a saints.
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IRAN, 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
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A FRAGMENT OF A SAFAVID SILK CALLIGRAPHIC TOMB COVER
IRAN, 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form with green and red silk woven into a gold background, the centre with three repeats of a thuluth inscription with extended verticals with fragments of bands of nasta'liq above and below, backed on red cloth, mounted on a modern silk covered mount with five associated fragments, framed and glazed
21 x 6½in. (53.4 x 16.5cm.)
IRAN, 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form with green and red silk woven into a gold background, the centre with three repeats of a thuluth inscription with extended verticals with fragments of bands of nasta'liq above and below, backed on red cloth, mounted on a modern silk covered mount with five associated fragments, framed and glazed
21 x 6½in. (53.4 x 16.5cm.)
Engraved
The calligraphy comprises a repeat of Qur'an XLVIII, sura al-fath, v.1
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