Lot n° 10
Estimation :
500 - 700
EUR
TIRAZ FRAGMENT - Lot 10
TIRAZ FRAGMENT
EGYPT, FATIMIDIA ART, 10th CENTURY (?)
The inscription is a Koranic verse.
Linen embroidered in red with Arabic inscriptions.
Warning: this fragment has not been subjected to dating analysis by a scientific laboratory. It is sold as such, with no possibility of claim as to dating.
34 x 55 cm
Christie's, sale October 8, 2010, lot 428
Expert to the Paris Court of Appeal: Mr Aymeric DE VILLELULME
For a study of this type of tiraz, see : Louise Mackie, Symbols of Power, pp. 91-93.
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