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    Sale 5573

    Islamic Costume and Textiles

    London, South Kensington

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    29 April 2005

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    • A figurative embroidered bocha
    Lot 49

    A figurative embroidered bocha, surface darned in silks, the central medallion enclosing two figures in Safavid style dress within a stylised garden, the field with small birds amidst curving flowering branches, with a lozenge border in-filled with bird motifs--31¼ x 29¾in. (79 x 75.5cm.), Caucasian, 17th century, black silks corroded to reveal a blue and ivory checked cotton ground, some repairs

    Price realised

    GBP 4,560

    Estimate

    GBP 4,000 - GBP 6,000

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    A figurative embroidered bocha, surface darned in silks, the central medallion enclosing two figures in Safavid style dress within a stylised garden, the field with small birds amidst curving flowering branches, with a lozenge border in-filled with bird motifs--31¼ x 29¾in. (79 x 75.5cm.), Caucasian, 17th century, black silks corroded to reveal a blue and ivory checked cotton ground, some repairs
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