SOUTH PERSIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A KASHKULI QASHQAI RUG
SOUTH PERSIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Of 'boteh' design, in overall excellent condition
6ft.10in. x 4ft.6in. (207cm. x 137cm.)

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Lot Essay

Judging by its richness of colour, the quality of the wool and the finely spun wefts, which were very often of silk, this rug is indicative of the weaving of Kashkuli tribe which were part of the Qashqai confederacy (James Opie, Tribal Rugs of Southern Persia, Portland, 1981, p.16). The midnight blue field displays a dense repeat of delicate flowering botehs arranged diagonally. A comparable rug sold in Rippon Boswell, 28 May 2016, lot 197.

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