Live Auction 7586West ~ East - The Niall Hobhouse Collection
AN INDIAN MULTI-NICHE PRAYER DHURRIE
Lot 276

AN INDIAN MULTI-NICHE PRAYER DHURRIE

EARLY 20TH CENTURY, DECCAN

Closed22 May 2008

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GBP 7,250

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AN INDIAN MULTI-NICHE PRAYER DHURRIE
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, DECCAN
Of large size, with a blue and white palette, with saf design, with light surface marks, some fading and spots of wear
22 ft. x 7 ft. 3 in. (670 x 221 cm.)

A mosque in Hyderabad, India.

Specialist note

This monumental multi-niche prayer dhurrie, or saf may have originally been commissioned for an idgah (the open space used during the id al-kabir, birthday of the Prophet, and id al-fitr, end of Ramadan). The use of blue and white has spiritual and mystical significance, being closely linked to the state of sama reached in prayers (see op cit., p. 149).