A SAFAVID BROCADED SILK TEXTILE FRAGMENT
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Iran, 17th century

The rectangular fragment of figured silk finely brocaded in polychrome silks and gold thread wound around a silk core, with vertical bands containing repeating rows of a parrot on a flowering tree beneath an open rose, the bands separated by vertical floral friezes against a silver ground, the left-hand selvedge present, laid on cream silk, mounted on board, 29cm x 35cm, 39.5cm x 45.3cm including the mount.

Provenance: by repute purchased at auction, Sotheby’s London, in 1998.