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Property from the Collection of the Late Howard Hodgkin

A Mughal carpet fragment, Lahore, North India, 17th century

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

lined to reverse

77 by 20cm. approx.

The lattice-and-flower arrangement of this fragment closely relates to an example in the Textile Museum. Washington DC (inv. no.1994.12.1), and another in the V&A Museum (inv. no.IS. 244-1964). For a further discussion of this type, see Walker 1998 pp.105-7).