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Lot 71
AN OTTOMAN MIHRAB BROCADE DOOR DECORATION, PORTIÈRE, POSSIBL...
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Hammer
£3,200
AN OTTOMAN MIHRAB BROCADE DOOR DECORATION, PORTIÈRE, POSSIBLY SYRIA OR EGYPT, 19TH CENTURY, CIRCA 1880
A large and fine Maras-worked mosque portière, each worked with urns of flowering plants, fan-shaped palmettes, planters with flowering trees and Arabic inscriptions, the cream, red and black satin grounds embroidered in heavily couched gilt calligraphic cartouches, the niche indicating the direction of Mecca which Muslims faced during their prayers five times a day
315 x 213cm
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Auction Date:
25th May 2023
at
2pm
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