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Lot 99
Three pairs of “tunban” martial arts trousers
Estimated Value:
200 € - 300 €
Result:
336 € incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
The Middle East, 19th centuryL. 65 - 72 cm
Made of leather and cotton fabric, with partial ornamental embroidery. This type of trousers was worn in the traditional ‘Zurkhaneh’, a Persian martial art. The sport served as a form of both mental and physical training and was practised throughout the Middle East.
From the collection of the art dealer and collector Saeed Motamed (1925-2013), collected since the 1950s, largelydocumented in inscriptions dating from 1998, featuring drawings and descriptions in Persian. Partially documented in exhibition catalogues since the 1970s - Minor age-related damage
