UZBEKISTAN, 19TH CENTURY

The design of this and the following suzani, based around three subtly-drawn stellar medallions with a field profusely embroidered with vegetation, is likely to be associated with Bukhara. Examples of suzanis with similar spatial arrangements include one in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc.no.21.114.3). Closer to this in style is an example which sold Rippon Boswell, Wiesbaden, 28 May 2016, lot 130, upon which the stems with multiple flowerheads which appear in the border of our suzani appear instead inside the field.