CENTRAL PERSIA, CIRCA 1900

Details

A SILK PICTORIAL KASHAN ‘MOHTASHAM’ RUG
CENTRAL PERSIA, CIRCA 1900
Depicting Nasir al-Din Shah on horseback, full silk pile, light localised surface marks, a short repaired split within one side border
6ft.7in. x 4ft.3in. (203cm. x 131cm.)

Provenance

Anon sale, Christie's London, 9 October 2006, lot 70

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The knot count measures approximately 9V x 9H per cm. sq.

The inscription cartouche reads; He (God), al-Sultan ibn al-Sultan Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar

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