A SUZANI, SHAKHRISABZ AREA, UZBEKISTAN, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

A SUZANI
SHAKHRISABZ AREA, UZBEKISTAN, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
The natural cotton ground embroidered in Romanian couched stitch with a broad border of rosettes, the field composed of central flower with four corner rosettes, with unusual light blue leaf circles to the borders
85 x 110¼in. (216 x 280cm.)

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Saleroom Notice
Please note the Provenance for this lot should state Christie's, South Kensington, 26 April 2013, lot 688.

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CHICAGO COLLECTION