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Lot Essay
The design of this Afshar rug has been called the "tulip" or "lattice" design (Tanavoli, Parviz: "The Afshar, part 2", Hali 57, June 1991, p.103. He attributes rugs of this design to the Sirjan area.
The colouring of this particular rug, with its unusual fresh contrast of the white field and light blue border, is matched by a small number of comparable examples. Two of these were published by Eberhart Herrmann (Seltene Orientteppiche V, Munich, 1983, no.38, pp.148-9; Asiatische Teppich und Textilkunst 1, Munich, 1989, no.4, pp.88-9). The entry under the second of these lists five other known examples and their publication details.
The colouring of this particular rug, with its unusual fresh contrast of the white field and light blue border, is matched by a small number of comparable examples. Two of these were published by Eberhart Herrmann (Seltene Orientteppiche V, Munich, 1983, no.38, pp.148-9; Asiatische Teppich und Textilkunst 1, Munich, 1989, no.4, pp.88-9). The entry under the second of these lists five other known examples and their publication details.