WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1870

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A FEREGHAN CARPET
West Persia, circa 1870
The ivory field with an overall mina-khani lozenge lattice of floral sprays enclosing polychrome rosettes, the russet-red border of flowering vine and turtle-palmettes between indigo and rust-red floral meander stripes, localised areas of wear, selvages replaced, overall good condition
14 ft. 11 in. x 12 ft. 2in. (455 cm. x 370 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Mina-khani pattern (literally enamel of the khans) usually shows some of the rosettes turned on their sides. The version seen here however, with all the flowers seen face-on, is the form which was particularly popular in the later 18th and early 19th centuries, being found as the most common design on carpets depicted in court paintings of the period (L. S. Diba and M. Ekhtiar: Royal Persian Paintings, New York, 1998, nos. 27 and 28, pp. 156-159 for example). Its appearance here is typical of the use of traditional overall repeat designs in nineteenth North and West Persian carpets which were probably even then destined for the European export market.

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