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Lot 1516
A CEREMONIAL SHIP CLOTH PALEPAI
Estimated Value:
1.200 € - 1.800 €
Result:
3.108 € incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Indonesia, Sumatra, Lampung, 19th to 1st half of the 20th c.55 x 250 cm (136 x 297 cm)
Cotton (natural beige), plain weave, supplementary brocaded pattern weft: silk (yellow, dark red, black), with a few additional metal threads (paper strips with metal leaf almost completely rubbed off). The textile shows a large ship with an ornamental stern. Various superstructures with ancestor figures fill the deck. The edges on both side and the beginning and end of the textile are each decorated with woven geometric borders. Appliquéd to a red fabric.
Formerly from an important South German private collection, acquired before 2007 - Traces of age and use, partly darkened, somewhat wear
