??A SAFAVID BROCADE PANEL, PERSIA, EARLY 18TH CENTURY polychrome silk and gilt-metal thread, the design comprising three vertical bands of repeated gul-o-bulbul motifs, divided by triple floral borders, mounted on silk board, 29 x 35cm
Provenance: European Private Collection There are several related woven fragments in the Victoria and Albert Museum; for a slightly earlier example with more naturalistic treatment of the floral forms, see T.128 1930. Closest, perhaps, are two others, which the museum has dated to the 18th century: T.127 1930 & 22 1903.
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