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CENTRAL PERSIA, CIRCA 1890
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A SILK KASHAN "MOHTASHAM" PRAYER RUG
Central Persia, circa 1890
The ivory field with delicate flowering tendrils and palmettes issuing from a central vase below, the dark blue spandrels containing similar floral sprays, in a shaded blackcurrant border of individual floral sprays between reciprocal skittle-pattern and floral meander stripes, slight discolouration and partial loss of fringes at bottom end
6ft.4in. x 4ft.3in. (193cm. x 130cm.)
Central Persia, circa 1890
The ivory field with delicate flowering tendrils and palmettes issuing from a central vase below, the dark blue spandrels containing similar floral sprays, in a shaded blackcurrant border of individual floral sprays between reciprocal skittle-pattern and floral meander stripes, slight discolouration and partial loss of fringes at bottom end
6ft.4in. x 4ft.3in. (193cm. x 130cm.)
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