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Lot Essay
The knot count is approximately 9V x 9H per cm. sq.
The execution and quality of this silk Persian prayer rug is exceptional. The silk has a wonderful lustre that is difficult to appreciate from a photograph, as is the suppleness of its handle and the depth and clarity of colour in the dyes. The cerulean-blue field is particularly attractive and is seen on a related silk rug prayer rug with similarly slender vertical columns with decorative capitals, flame-like palmettes and flourishing arabeques within the mihrab, which sold in these Rooms, 16 April 2007, lot 65. Both examples were clearly woven in an accomplished workshop where the master weaver drew upon the vocabulary of earlier Safavid carpets, as seen in the palmette and angular floral spray border of the present lot which was originally introduced in earlier 17th century Kirman 'Vase' carpets, see the Comtesse de Behague Kirman 'Vase' carpet, sold Christie's London, 15 April 2010, lot 100.
The execution and quality of this silk Persian prayer rug is exceptional. The silk has a wonderful lustre that is difficult to appreciate from a photograph, as is the suppleness of its handle and the depth and clarity of colour in the dyes. The cerulean-blue field is particularly attractive and is seen on a related silk rug prayer rug with similarly slender vertical columns with decorative capitals, flame-like palmettes and flourishing arabeques within the mihrab, which sold in these Rooms, 16 April 2007, lot 65. Both examples were clearly woven in an accomplished workshop where the master weaver drew upon the vocabulary of earlier Safavid carpets, as seen in the palmette and angular floral spray border of the present lot which was originally introduced in earlier 17th century Kirman 'Vase' carpets, see the Comtesse de Behague Kirman 'Vase' carpet, sold Christie's London, 15 April 2010, lot 100.