Sale 5499
London, South Kensington
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8 October 2010
Price realised
GBP 3,750
Estimate
A PRAYER HANGING PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY embroidered in silver thread and silks with a double-niched mehrab with birds, the borders with Qajar face medallions 42 x 62in. (101 x 149cm.)
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