Likely Central or Eastern European, 19th century, multi-colored silk design with brocade borders sewn to a coarse fabric, depicts horseman flanked by two large baskets, each holding a mythological composite creature. This enigmatic work comes with an extensive correspondence from the 1960s to 1980s in which auctioneers and institutional experts voice widely differing opinions as to its age and cultural origins.

26 x 72 in.

Numerous small areas of silk loss revealing matrix beneath, damp stains to back.

$200 - 400