African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 8th June 2021
Lot 87
An Islamic silk samit fragment
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1700
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Description
An Islamic silk samit fragment
Near East, 11th - 12th century
woven in red, brown and cream silks of confronting birds on a palmette platform within a wreath,
19.5cm x 20.5cm, mounted,
and an Islamic silk fragment, worked a lion amidst foliage, 16cm x 5.5cm. (2)
Provenance
Samit fragment - Sotheby's, London, Arts of the Islamic World, 6 April 2011, lot 281.
Oliver Hoare, London.