UZBEKISTAN, 19TH CENTURY

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A BUKHARA SUZANI
UZBEKISTAN, 19TH CENTURY
Embroidered on six panels, the cotton plainweave ground embroidered in silk, the field with three star-shaped medallions of green serrated leaves containing flowering shrubs issuing from a central flowerhead, enclosed by scattered flowering stems, in a border of bold polychrome flowerheads encircled by serrated leaves alternating with flowering stems, between floral meander minor stripes, unlined
8ft.6in. x 5ft.7in. (258 x 171cm.)

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Lot Essay

The design of this and the following suzani, based around three subtly-drawn stellar medallions with a field profusely embroidered with vegetation, is likely to be associated with Bukhara. Examples of suzanis with similar spatial arrangements include one in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc.no.21.114.3). Closer to this in style is an example which sold Rippon Boswell, Wiesbaden, 28 May 2016, lot 130, upon which the stems with multiple flowerheads which appear in the border of our suzani appear instead inside the field.

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