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Premier Auctions | Session II

Sat, Oct 3, 2020 09:00AM EDT
Lot 406

Large Wool Tapestry of a Victory Celebration

Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800

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16th century, continental, depicting a procession with a woman holding a palm frond and crown followed by horn players and soldiers on horseback, foliate and figural border, 7 ft. 9 in. x 8 ft. 9 in.ÿNote: The tapestry could possibly be depicting a version of the Story of Artemisia, queen of the Greek City Halicarnassus after the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC.ÿ - Provenance:

Condition

tapestry has been reduced, elements of the border have been pieced, large repair and separation to left border, scattered patches, fading, separations and abrasions
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