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Sotheby's Arts of the Islamic World London | 01 Apr 2009, 10:30 AM | L09721
LOT 228

AN OTTOMAN VOIDED SILK VELVET AND METAL THREAD (CATMA) PANEL, BURSA OR ISTANBUL, TURKEY

the voided ground patterned in crimson velvet,
with an ogival lattice of prunus blossom
enclosing metal thread stylised palm trees, the
border with velvet and metal thread starshaped
rosettes flanked by confronting tulips
approximately 149 by 121cm., 4ft. 11in. by 4ft.
17th century

ESTIMATE 25,000-30,000 GBP

CATALOGUE NOTE
A fragment of identical design is found in the Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, cat. V.2.20, and illustrated in D. De Jonge, The Ottoman Silk Textiles of the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels, Turnhout, 2004, p. 90. Another nearly identical panel was sold in these rooms, Islamic Works of Art, Carpet and Textiles, 10th and 11th October 1990, lot 601. The same field design, although with a different border is again found on a fragment in the Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf (C. Erber, Reich an Samt und Seide, 1993, p. 168). For other comparable examples please see D. King , Imperial Ottoman Textiles, Colnaghi Exhibition Catalogue, no. 20 and Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Works of Art, 11th October 200, lot 646.