Lot n° 330
Estimation :
1200 - 1400
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 1 430EUR
Five embroidered textile Ottoman pouches - Lot 330
Five embroidered textile Ottoman pouches
Leather, textiles, silver and polychrome threads
Ottoman Empire, 19th century
Largest: 15 x 7.5 cm
These pouches were probably designed to hold combs. They are embroidered with delicate floral and plant motifs, in metallic and polychrome threads, on a yellow, red, brown and pink background. The last one is embroidered with floral motifs on a blue background, and inside with an inscription (Qur'an 110 - 1, al- NaSr "the Help").
A similar comb pouch is published in the exhibition catalog Istanbul, the City and the Sultan, De Nieuwe Kerk, 2007, p.72, no. 68.
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