TWO NICHE TENT (QANAT) PANELS WITH FOLIATE TREES, NORTH INDIA, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
June 10, 06:00 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
TWO NIC🐻HE TENT (QANAT) PANELS WITH FOLIATE TREES, NORTH INDIA, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
painted and resist dyed cotton
(2)
354 by 153cm; 225 by 130cm.
Please note: Condition 9 of the Conditions of Business f꧋or Buy🍸ers for this sale is not applicable to this lot.
Spink and S🍌on., London, 24 January 1983; Terence𝔉 McInerney, Cambridge, Mass., 12 September 1983.
"The symbol of the entwined cypress and flowering tree is one of the most ancient and durable motifs in Islamic art; the symbol is really a metaphor, or poetic allusion to two 🃏lovers" Terence McInerney, 12 Septembe🌟r 1983.