Lot 301
RARE OTTOMAN SILK AND METAL-THREAD WOVEN KEMHA
TURKEY, CIRCA 1600
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 5 November 2020 at 14:00 GMT
£3,750
Description
rectangular, the crimson silk ground woven with gilt and silk thread, the design incorporating ogival medallions containing pomegranates and flowerheads, surrounded in turn by golden spheres, backed
Dimensions
122cm x 101cm
Footnote
Note: For another fragment with an identical design see, Sotheby’s, London, An Eye for Opulence, Art of the Ottoman Empire, 24 April 2012, lot 163.