Lot 311†
A woven wool Shawl bearing the Qajar coat of arms, with inscription stating that it was made in Kashmir dated AH [12]60/ AD 1844-45(3)
10 April 2008, 14:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,200 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA woven wool Shawl bearing the Qajar coat of arms, with inscription stating that it was made in Kashmir
dated AH [12]60/ AD 1844-45
dated AH [12]60/ AD 1844-45
all polychrome wools with repeat boteh design, with silk embroidered cartouche containing inscription and the Qajar Lion and Sun emblem above, 172 x 118 cm.; and Two other smaller woven wool termeh Panels
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Footnotes
The inscription on the large Kashmiri panel reads: "A commissioned shawl [for] the new design, the new innovation, well-coloured, excellent, highest, the best of highest, property (?) of Barakat (?) [no.] 262 from the land of Kashmir in the year AH [12]60/ AD 1844-5".