Lot 65
65
AN AMRITZAR OR AGRA
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AN AMRITZAR OR AGRA

NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1890

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AN AMRITZAR OR AGRA
North India, circa 1890
Of Ardebil design, the sea-green field with delicate flowering and leafy vine around a central ivory medallion with lantern pendants, containing a flowerhead centrepiece issuing scrolling arabesques and delicate flowering and leafy vine together with palmettes, the cream spandrels similar, in a sea-green border containing cartouche and flowerhead panels together with flowering and leafy vine meander between burgundy palmette and leaf meander, beige cloudband and flowerhead meander stripes, plain outer sea-green stripe, inscription panel at one end, very slight wear
20ft.2in. x 13ft.11in. (614cm. x 425cm.)
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Lot Essay

The inscription is a copy of the Ardebil inscription which is not fully literate. Another very similar carpet of Ardebil desigh was sold in these rooms 3 May 2001, lot 180, whose inscription interestingly said that it had been made in Agra. With the exception of this however, both carpets have all the features of weavings normally attributed to Amritzar.

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