A Shahrisabz embroidered silk Susani, Central Asia, circa 1900, of rectangular form, the purple silk ground decorated in polychrome silks with a central six-pointed star and medallions, large flowerheads and floral sprays, the spandrels with floral sprays, backed with a printed Kalamkari cotton with Persian inscription reading ‘qalamkari commissioned by Hazrat Mir Mushtaq [..] Atabek-i A’zam [..] sana 1318AH/1900AD, 260 x 172cm. Some light staining