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A prayer mat or tent panel
Lucknow, circa 1900
Velvet with zardozi embroidered silk and metal
thread on cotton foundation; with a cusped arch
supported by half columns with chevron designs
and rosettes in the spandrels, the border with
scrolling vines, rosettes and palmettes.
44 x 26 1/2 in. (111.8 X 67.3 cm)
$2,000 - 3,000

A laborious and painstaking method of
embroidery used to produce ornate and intricate
designs is the ancient Persian embroidery
technique called zardozi. This method of
embroidery uses, instead of silk, a metal
thread called kalabattu and became popular in
the important North Indian textile centers of
Lucknow and Farrukhabad.

Provenance:
Gifted to Major William Randall McDonnell
Parr in 1902
Thence by descent
An accompanying letter from the Maharaja of
Sikkim to Parr received during the same visit
“To Yatung Sahib, The Maharaja will be much
pleased if Captain Parr will come to see the
Poojah Jamasha tomorrow at 11.30am”

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Four pieces of jewelry
Tibet, 19th century
Comprising a silver amulet box, pendant and
two rings, embellished with inset turquoise and
coral beads.
4 3/8 x 4 in. (11 x 10 cm), the largest
$1,000 - 1,500

Compare the intricate gau to one published in
Beguin, Dieux et Demons de l’Himalaya, Paris,
1977, no. 354, p. 272-3.

Provenance:
Collected by Major William Randall McDonnell
Parr in Tibet, circa 1903
Thence by descent

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