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352 352 A PRINTED COTTON TENT PANEL (qanat) Jaipur, early 19th century The design in the form of a cusped mehrab containing a ‘jali’ pattern, a rosette in each spandrel, surrounded by concentric scrolling foliate borders, mounted on stretcher 118 x 66cm
354 354 A SILK LAWON Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia, 1850-1900 of rectangular form, handwoven silk, resist dyed with tritik process, the abstract design comprising an orange rectangle on maroon ground, lined with matching cotton 180 x 80cm (excluding lining) £600-800
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356 356 A KUZNETSOV PLATE Volkhov, Russia, circa 1900 Glazed pottery, with spray stencilled polychrome ikat design, the reverse with impressed and transfer factory marks 30.5cm diam. Provenance Private collection, London For a group of five similar plates, see Sotheby’s London, 25 April 2012, lot 639 The Kuznetsov factory was in Volkhov, Russia, was established in 1889, one of many owned by the Kuznetsov family, producing faience chiefly for the Ottoman and Central Asian market, where it was much in demand. This design is inspired by Uzbek ikat patterns. £60-80
353 353 A SILK LAWON Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia, 1850-1900 of rectangular form, handwoven silk, resist dyed with tritik process, with concentric yellow and deep purple lozenge motif on pale purple ground, lined with matching cotton 160 x 67.5cm (excluding lining) £400-600 74
355 355 A SILVER THREAD EMBROIDERED VELVET FAN OR CANOPY Late Mughal, India, circa 1800 of circular form, one side with central moustachioed face, surrounded by double scrolling foliate borders, the other, similarly decorated with central flower motif, iron frame, with green satin pelmet around the sides 51cm diam For a similar canopy in the National Museum, New Delhi, see S.P.Gupta (ed.), Masterpieces from the National Museum Collection, New Delhi 1985, no.264, p.177 £300-400
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