SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY

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A SILK PANEL
SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
The silver ground decorated with offset rows of pink roses and white flowers, with a heat-stamped lattice applied, composite borders, backed with associated orange floral textile
26 ¾ x 18 1/8in. (67.8 x 46cm.)

Provenance

By repute, the Collection of Thomas Lavington Jacks
Acquired by the present owner from Colnaghi Oriental, 1984

Further details

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Lot Essay

Thomas Lavington Jacks (1884-1996) worked for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in Iran where he assembled a large and important collection of Persian art which formed an important contribution to the 1930 Exhibition of Persian Art in London. Important pieces from the now dispersed collection can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (47.100.87) and British Museum (1998,0117.1 and 2006,0706.1).

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