19th Jun, 2025 12:00
Arts of India and the Islamic Lands
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AN EMBROIDERED INDIAN FELT PANEL
Northern India, 20th century
AN EMBROIDERED INDIAN FELT PANEL
Northern India, 20th century
The rectangular hanging of taupe felt wool, worked in coloured floss silks and metallic threads on raised cords with a stylised floral urn flanked by rampant lions at the base, and crowned angels or apsaras (heavenly figures) in the squinches above a traditional cusped arch, with concentric decorative borders featuring vegetal scrollwork and foliage, the decorative motifs and overall design reminiscent of woodblock-printed cotton palampore hangings, but the woollen material indicating a different geographic origin and date.
126cm x 75cm
Sold for £74
AN EMBROIDERED INDIAN FELT PANEL
Northern India, 20th century
The rectangular hanging of taupe felt wool, worked in coloured floss silks and metallic threads on raised cords with a stylised floral urn flanked by rampant lions at the base, and crowned angels or apsaras (heavenly figures) in the squinches above a traditional cusped arch, with concentric decorative borders featuring vegetal scrollwork and foliage, the decorative motifs and overall design reminiscent of woodblock-printed cotton palampore hangings, but the woollen material indicating a different geographic origin and date.
126cm x 75cm
Auction: Arts of India and the Islamic Lands, 19th Jun, 2025
Our specialist auction Arts of India and the Islamic Lands is now online for you to browse, peruse and fall in love with your next antique.
Among the highlights, this sale vaunts a remarkable selection of Rajput Schools paintings and an illustrated loose folio from a Timurid Haft Paykar series, all part of a private Canadian collection; several gem-studded Indian necklaces, treasured heirlooms of a local family; a notable group of Islamic manuscripts, including a geomantic tome attributed to the Nubian alchemist Dhul-Nun al-Misri; and several lots of Persian Qajar lacquer belonging to the heir of a British diplomatic family in office under Sir Denis Wright in Tehran between 1971 - 1973.
Our selected lots preview starts next week, on Tuesday 3rd June, and the full view is going to take place from Friday 13th June until the sale day.
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13th June - 10:00 - 17:00
14th June - 11:00 - 16:00
15th June - 11:00 - 16:00
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