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Lot 93

A fine Qajar woven wool coat
Kashmir or Kirman, third quarter of the 19th Century

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

£2,000 - £3,000

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A fine Qajar woven wool coat
Kashmir or Kirman, third quarter of the 19th Century

the wool woven in polychrome with a repeat design of interlinked cartouches filled with Mughal style floral sprays, embroidered inscription-filled cartouche to lower left
137 cm. long

Footnotes

Inscriptions: farmayeshi-ye naw tarh naw zohur momtaz a'ala a'la, 'Commission of the new design, new innovation, excellent, highest, highest.'

Texts such as that featured on the present lot are found on all textiles, mainly shawls, made in Kashmir. For a coat with an almost identical woven pattern and bearing the Qajar coat of arms see Bonhams Islamic and Indian Art, 25 October 2007, lot 223.

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