5th Jun, 2024 11:00
Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, including Greek and Roman Antiquities
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TWO PAINTED AND GESSOED 'AJAMI PANELS, DAMASCUS SYRIA, 18TH CENTURY
each of long rectangular form with central panel decorated in low relief with a series of 'rococo' floral cartoush, with depictions of various buildings in the background, surrounded by a scrolling arabesque boarder, 269 x 55 x 3.5cm approx.; 273 x 57 x 3.5cm approx.
Provenance: Private collection, London. Acquired in Damascus in the early 1970s by the vendor's father, when serving as a diplomat in Syria.
For a closely related group of panels in situ in the Bayt Jacques Montlucon, Damascus, see Scharrahs 2013, fig.435, p.231.
each of long rectangular form with central panel decorated in low relief with a series of 'rococo' floral cartoush, with depictions of various buildings in the background, surrounded by a scrolling arabesque boarder, 269 x 55 x 3.5cm approx.; 273 x 57 x 3.5cm approx.
Provenance: Private collection, London. Acquired in Damascus in the early 1970s by the vendor's father, when serving as a diplomat in Syria.
For a closely related group of panels in situ in the Bayt Jacques Montlucon, Damascus, see Scharrahs 2013, fig.435, p.231.
Auction: Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, including Greek and Roman Antiquities, 5th Jun, 2024
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