PROBABLY OTTOMAN SYRIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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SIX LONG GILT, GESSOED, AND PAINTED CARVED WOOD PANELS
PROBABLY OTTOMAN SYRIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Comprising two panels with foiled central field decorated with an intertwined column of flowering vines, framed on four sides with a khaki border with gilt curving palmettes, the remaining four dark brown with gilt split palmettes enclosing alternating light and dark cartouches, containing a painting of a vase of flowers
The panels approximately 9ft. (275cm.) long

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Lot Essay

While the four panels with vases on are likely to have stood upright in a Damascus room, the wider panels – with their recessed central area and symmetrical design – are likely to have been made as beams for a ceiling (Anke Scharrahs, Damascene ‘Ajami Rooms, London, 2013, p.68). Reception rooms in Damascus were generally flat, in contrast to those in Aleppo and Hama which were often vaulted. All six panels are not only painted, but also decorated with plasterwork which has then had metal foil applied.

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