A KIRMAN 'VASE' RUG

SOUTH EAST PERSIA, LATE 17TH CENTURY

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A KIRMAN 'VASE' RUG
SOUTH EAST PERSIA, LATE 17TH CENTURY
THE SHADED TOMATO-RED AND BURGUNDY FIELD SCATTERED WITH POLYCHROME FLOWERING TREES, IN A BROAD INDIGO BORDER OF ANGULAR GOLDEN YELLOW PALMETTE AND FLORAL VINE BETWEEN LIGHT BLUE AND IVORY ANGULAR FLORAL AND LEAFY VINE STRIPES, EVEN WEAR, OLD REPAIRS, RED REPILED
5FT.7IN. X 4FT.3IN. (170CM. X 130CM.)

來源

YVES MIKEALOFF, SOLD CHRISTIE'S, LONDON, 16 OCTOBER 1997, LOT 75.
ANONYMOUS SALE, SOTHEBY'S NEW YORK, 4 JUNE 1988, LOT 1.

拍品專文

THIS RUG IS ONE OF THE RARE GROUP OF CARPETS WOVEN IN THE 'VASE' TECHNIQUE WHICH HAVE A DESIGN OF OVERALL SHRUBS OR TREES. ALL OF THOSE DATING FROM THE FIRST HALF OF THE CENTURY, WHICH TEND TO BE BETTER SPACED AND HAVE MORE COMPLEX BORDERS, HAVE ONLY SURVIVED AS FRAGMENTS. LATER IN THE CENTURY HOWEVER THERE APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN A NUMBER MADE OF SMALLER FORMAT, MOST OF WHICH HAVE SURVIVED INTACT, AS WITH THE PRESENT RUG. A CLOSELY RELATED PIECE IS IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART (ELLIS, C.G.: ORIENTAL CARPETS, THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, PHILADELPHIA, 1993, FIG.57B, P.204), WHILE ANOTHER IS IN THE NEWARK MUSEUM (ELLIS, OP.CIT., FIG.57A, P.203). THEY ARE BOTH QUOTED BY ELLIS AS SIMILAR TO THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM EXAMPLE, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY LONGER IN PROPORTION AND HAS A GREEN RATHER THAN RED FIELD.