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IMPORTANT TAPESTRY BEARING THE NAME OF AMANULLAH KHAN, EMIR …
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IMPORTANT TAPESTRY BEARING THE NAME OF AMANULLAH KHAN, EMIR …
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €5,000
Voluntary lot
Description
IMPORTANT TAPESTRY BEARING THE NAME OF AMANULLAH KHAN, EMIR AND LATER KING OF AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan or Central Asia, dated 1 Dalw 1338 / 22 January 1960
Purple velvet lavishly embroidered with gold metallic thread, orange, pink and green silk, and coloured sequins; decorated with a scattering of vases of flowers and rosettes; a long inscription in Persian embroidered around the edge, surrounded by a frieze of clasp motifs, edged with a green and blue embroidered ribbon, hanging loops, lined with cotton, in good overall condition.
Dimensions: 190 x 233 cm
Inscription:
این جالیغوش برای امان الله خان ساخته شد مبارک باشد ساخت گلنار بیگوم الهی اول دلو ۱۳۳۸ طا لغیک
-‘This jali panel was made for Amanullah Khan, may it be blessed, on the 1st Dalw 1338 [22 January 1960] by Golnar Begum Elahi Talighik’
An Important Embroidered Velvet Panel in the Name of Amanullah Khan, Emir, then King of Afghanistan,
Dated 1st Dalw 1338 / 22 January 1960
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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