Lot 38
A SUPERB NURATA SILK-EMBROIDERED LINEN SUZANI
CENTRAL ASIA, UZBEKISTAN, SECOND HALF OF 19TH CENTURY
Auction: 09 December 2026 from 14:00 GMT
Description
rectangular, formed of three panels sewn together, the light-yellow-toned linen ground profusely embroidered in polychrome-silk threads with a stellar-floral rosette in the centre surrounded by four large and dense floral sprays issuing from each corner, the remaining ground with smaller floral sprays and floral stems, the border with a band of meandering floral and leafy motifs, backed
Dimensions
245cm x 165cm
Footnote
This is a fabulously colourful and vibrant Suzani with the classic Nurata bunches of flowers or floral sprays. For a comparable example, see Exhibition Catalogue, Susani, Stickereien aus Mittelasien, 3rd to 13th April 1981, Mannheim, Germany, p. 27 and p. 31).