Number 2048
Type Workshop
Material Silk
Origin Kashan
Style Tree
Size 213 x 130
Age 1870
One of the rarest & most important signatures on this 19th century pure silk Kashan: Hajji Yehuda Agha Baba. With a crown 👑 a flowering vase and twin Trees of Life. The honey tone field has slightly oxidized thereby allowing the motifs to pop up in a 3D Barjasteh manner. Very few Mohtasham school silks with this signature exist. A couple appeared at auction in London around 15 years ago and set record prices.
Perfect condition.
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