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An exceptional embroidered wall hanging ‘Ashburnham’ fragment panel
Gujarat, India, for export to Europe, late 17th century
Cotton embroidered with silk
216 x 97 cm
Provenance:
Earls of Ashburnham, Ashburnham Place, Sussex.
Sotheby & Co, London, July 1953.
Private collection, UK.
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A Shah Jahan period Mughal jade-hilted horse-head dagger (khanjar)
Mughal, India, 1640-50
Nephrite jade and steel
40.5 x 11 x 2.5 cm; Hilt Height: 13.5 cm
Provenance:
Private collection UK 1970-1992;
Spink and Son, London, 1992;
Private collection, London, 2003-2022.
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An exceptional embroidered wall hanging ‘Ashburnham’ fragment panel
Gujarat, India, for export to Europe, late 17th century
Cotton embroidered with silk
216 x 97 cm
Provenance:
Earls of Ashburnham, Ashburnham Place, Sussex.
Sotheby & Co, London, July 1953.
Private collection, UK.
To celebrate London’s Indian and Islamic Week, Prahlad Bubbar is delighted to present a selection of masterworks from Mughal India.
A highlight is a rare 17th century export embroidery panel from Gujarat made for the walls of Ashburnham Place, an English manor house. Examples of the same textile are at the V&A in London and The Metropolitan Museum in New York.
Also on view is an exquisite jade dagger from the Mughal court with a sculpted hilt in the form of a horse’s head, conveying the artisan’s mastery in craftsmanship as well as his keen understanding of the natural world. Its virtuosity in execution strongly suggests that it was created by a master lapidarist in the imperial Mughal workshop, under the reign of Shah Jahan.
Indian and Islamic Art Week
20-27 October
Open by appointment
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