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Vintage Tapestry in the style of the Ramses Wissa Wassef School Vintage Tapestry in the style of the Ramses Wissa Wassef School Vintage Tapestry in the style of the Ramses Wissa Wassef School Vintage Tapestry in the style of the Ramses Wissa Wassef School Vintage Tapestry in the style of the Ramses Wissa Wassef School Vintage Tapestry in the style of the Ramses Wissa Wassef School
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LOT 1905

Vintage Tapestry in the style of the Ramses Wissa Wassef School

20TH CENTURY A.D.

9 x 6 3/4 - 39 3/4 x 24 in. (1.07 kg total, 23 x 17-101 x 61 cm).

Comprising: portrait-format tapestry depicting a riverside landscape with houses in the distance, animals in the middle distance in a pool, figures and wading birds in the foreground; offered with booklet Egyptian Landscapes: weaving from the Ramses Wissa Wassef School. [2, No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, a long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020.

Literature

See Egyptian Landscapes: weaving from the Ramses Wissa Wassef School, The Ramses Wissa Wassef (UK) Exhibition Foundation for similar examples and discussion.

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LOT 1905

Vintage Tapestry in the style of the Ramses Wissa Wassef School

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

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