BY ZAREH PENYAMIN, ISTANBUL, TURKEY, CIRCA 1910

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A SILK AND METAL-THREAD KOUM KAPI RUG
BY ZAREH PENYAMIN, ISTANBUL, TURKEY, CIRCA 1910
Signed in the base of the lower central palmette, excellent condition
6ft. x 4ft. (183cm. x 122cm.)

Provenance

Anon sale in these Rooms, 15 October 1985, lot 23.

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Lot Essay

The approx. knot count is 11H x 11V per sq. cm.

The main central cartouche is one that is very apposite. It translates "this too shill pass", a phrase associated with a story about King Solomon, and further popularised by Abraham Lincoln.

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