WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1860

This decorative 'Shrub and Tree' motif is seen on a subgroup of 17th century Kirman carpets woven in the 'vase' tech­nique, one of the main sources of inspiration for early Kurdish weavers whose rugs were more often woven in the kelleh format (May H. Beattie, Carpets of Central Persia, Sheffield, 1976, nos.54-57, pp.79-81; The Bernheimer Collection, Christie's London, 14 February 1996, lot 72; HALI 1, volume 2, 1978, p.120). The descendent carpets of those were arguably the inspiration for the Caucasian 'Tree' Kazaks (see Christie's London, 26 October 2023, lot 148, for an early, naturalistic version) as well as the 18th and 19th century bid majnun and Garden carpets of Persian Kurdistan, (see 'Shrub' lattice carpet, Sonqur area, Persian Kurdistan, 18th century, Burns Collection, Seattle, HALI, Issue 122, p.136, fig.1).