IRAN, 18TH CENTURY

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A SILK AND METAL-THREAD SASH
IRAN, 18TH CENTURY
The central field with silver leaves set against a dark green ground, each end with six medallions containing floral rosettes, the sides with scrolling floral vines, fringed, good condition
170 1⁄8 x 24 3/8in. (432.1 x 61.9cm.)

Provenance

Acquired from Galerie Jean Soustiel, Paris, 1988

Literature

J. Soustiel and M.C. David, Sur la route des découvertes", exhibition catalogue, Paris, 1988, cat.no.10

Further details

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Lot Essay

An almost identical silk sash attributed to Kashan, circa 1736, was given to the National Museum in Krakow by the Polish art critic Feliks Jasienski (1861-1929) (Beata Bidronska Slota, 'Persian Sashes Preserved in Polish Collections', Carpets and Textiles of the Iranian World 1400-1700, Oxford, 2003, p. 179). Another similar sash is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. no. 11.58.1).

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