Four fragments of Indo-Persian lampas - Lot 400

Four fragments of Indo-Persian lampas Polychrome silk textiles India and Iran, 17th/19th century The first Persian fragment, from the Safavid period, is decorated with cypress friezes alternating with floral friezes forming chevron motifs (53 x 39 cm). The second is a fragment of a fine Indian textile decorated with bouquets and clashing birds on a midnight-blue background (35.5 x 30.5 cm). For a similarly decorated textile, see : R. Neumann (1988), Persische Seiden: Die Gewebekunst der Safawiden und ihrer Nachfolger, Seemann, p. 231. The third is a fragment decorated with boteh friezes of birds and floral motifs, in three registers, on a cream background (24.5 x 39 cm). The last is an Indo-Persian fragment with repeated bouquets on a green background, and a bird frieze (67 x 66 cm). For comparable examples of these last two textiles, see also Persische Seiden.