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Lot 59

An Ottoman metal-thread embroidered leather water flask (matara)
Turkey, 17th Century

23 May 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £7,040 inc. premium

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An Ottoman metal-thread embroidered leather water flask (matara)
Turkey, 17th Century

of curving conical form fashioned from two panels of leather with upper aperture and suspension loop, embroidered in silver and gilt thread with foliate motifs enclosed by a border of repeated diamond pattern to the exterior panel, to the inner panel a cartouche filled with floral motifs and vines
25.5 cm. high

Footnotes

For a 17th Century metal-thread embroidered leather matara sold at Christie's, see Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 10 October 2006, Lot 79.

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