UZBEKISTAN - Lot 204

UZBEKISTAN Four-layered ecru linen "suzani" hanging, needle-embroidered with polychrome cotton or silk threads. Diamond-shaped "ferronerie" composition of four-lobed medallions held by stars and decorated with four-petal blue flowers surrounded by four leaves. Border of large composite flowers and pink and orange-red rosettes. Unlined. Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Bukhara region, 19th century or later 156 x 103 cm Small holes and restorations see Folk Art in the Soviet Union, Aurora Art Publishers, Leningrad, 1989, p. 374 for a similar hanging in the Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow. Provenance of the former Narychkin family, who left Russia in the 1910s. Expert : Laure Soustiel Arts of Islam and India Expert member of SFEP 04 42 64 33 45 lauresoustiel@gmail.com Please ask for condition reports: they are not included in the descriptions.