Sotheby's Important English and European Furniture, Silver, Porcelain and Carpets New York | 23 May 2012, 10:00 AM | N08865 LOT 195 PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTOR AN OTTOMAN SILK AND METAL THREAD BROCADE (KEMHA) FRAGMENT, BURSA OR ISTANBUL, TURKEY mounted approximately 1ft. 6in. by 1ft. 1in. (0.47 by 0.33m) 16th century ESTIMATE 5,000-7,000 USD Lot Sold: 3,750 USD PROVENANCE Erlenmeyer Stiftung, sold Sotheby's London, 16 October 1998, lot 186 (e) Collection Kelekian, Inv. no. 873 EXHIBITED Court and Conquest; Ottoman Origins and Design for Handel's Tamerlano at the Glimmerglass Opera, The Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, January 24 - March 23, 2001 CATALOGUE NOTE For related examples published from the Kelekian collection please refer to Guiffrey, M. Jules, La Collection Kelekian; Etoffes & Tapis d'Orient et de Venise, Paris: Emile Levy, pls. 32 and 40.