8th Nov, 2023 13:00
Indian, Islamic, South East Asian and Himalayan Works of Art
798
A KAIN SONGKET, PALEMBANG, SUMATRA, PROBABLY CIRCA 1900
brocaded red silk with gilt metallic yarn and coloured silk embroidery, with central repeated lozenge design and smaller repeated floral lozenge motifs above and below, framed, 202 x 100cm
Provenance: Private collection, London. Acquired before the Second World War by the vendor's late father, Max Barrière, who worked for Banque de l'Indochine.
As Mattiebelle Gittinger notes, these cloths are probably evidence of a tradition established during the Kingdom of Srivijaya in Palembang (7th-8th century), when the region was influenced by India and China because of its position on the South-East Asian trade routes. These cloths were used either as a shawl, gathered at the waist, or as a skirt. (Gittinger 1979, pp.102-104, including fig.66). For other examples sold in these rooms, see 26 May 2016, lot 270, and 22 November 2017, lot 197.
Sold for £260
brocaded red silk with gilt metallic yarn and coloured silk embroidery, with central repeated lozenge design and smaller repeated floral lozenge motifs above and below, framed, 202 x 100cm
Provenance: Private collection, London. Acquired before the Second World War by the vendor's late father, Max Barrière, who worked for Banque de l'Indochine.
As Mattiebelle Gittinger notes, these cloths are probably evidence of a tradition established during the Kingdom of Srivijaya in Palembang (7th-8th century), when the region was influenced by India and China because of its position on the South-East Asian trade routes. These cloths were used either as a shawl, gathered at the waist, or as a skirt. (Gittinger 1979, pp.102-104, including fig.66). For other examples sold in these rooms, see 26 May 2016, lot 270, and 22 November 2017, lot 197.
Auction: Indian, Islamic, South East Asian and Himalayan Works of Art, 8th Nov, 2023
