ARTS OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD INCLUDING 20TH CENTURY MIDDLE EASTERN PAINTINGS
Sale L01281 lot 124
An Ottoman metal and silk embroidered velvet pouch (kese)
London, New Bond Street 3,000—4,000 GBP Session 1
18 Oct 01 10:30 AM
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 3,600 GBP
An Ottoman metal and silk embroidered velvet pouch (kese)
Turkey, Smyrna, dated 1686 A.D.
the crimson velvet decorated with a symmetrical design of stylised floral motifs and split-palmettes, embroidered with the name of the owner below the flap, the reverse embroidered with place of manufacture and date, leather edging and leather inside compartment
11 by 18.5 cm.
Inscriptions
The name 'Elizabeth Wall'' and on the reverse 'Smyrna Anno Domini 1686'
This pouch is a fine example of its type that appears to have been signed by the artist in two places, once below the name of the owner, a second time below the place of manufacture and date. A related leather embroidered example is in the Atilla Eksinozlugil Collection, Turkey (Istanbul 1991, p.40, no.29). Like the present one, it is embroidered with the name of the European traveller for whom it was made.

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