A FINE BOCCHA OF TERMEH SHAWL CLOTH
Kirman, Iran, 19th century

Of square shape, the red ground twill-tapestry woven in coloured wools in a fine repeating trellis containing interlocking buti, lower left quarter in raised-work silver thread and seed pearls with a floral arrangement containing the royal emblem of the Lion and the Sun (Shir o Khorshid) beneath a crown, edged in golabetoon gold ribbon, lined in changeant red and yellow satin, hanging loops at the top, 48cm x 48.5cm.