CENTRAL PERSIA, CIRCA 1890
Details
A KASHAN MOCHTASHAM CARPET
CENTRAL PERSIA, CIRCA 1890
The ivory field with angular polychrome palmette, floral vine and perching birds around a central shaded fox-red concentric lozenge medallion with palmette pendants enclosing angular floral vine around an ice-blue similar medallion, the shaded fox-red and ice-blue linked spandrels with angular delicate floral vine, in a broad shaded fox-red palmette and angular floral vine border between indigo turtle-palmette and ivory floral vine stripes, outer reciprocal skittle-pattern stripe, slight staining
10ft.5in. x 7ft.6in. (317cm. x 228cm.)
CENTRAL PERSIA, CIRCA 1890
The ivory field with angular polychrome palmette, floral vine and perching birds around a central shaded fox-red concentric lozenge medallion with palmette pendants enclosing angular floral vine around an ice-blue similar medallion, the shaded fox-red and ice-blue linked spandrels with angular delicate floral vine, in a broad shaded fox-red palmette and angular floral vine border between indigo turtle-palmette and ivory floral vine stripes, outer reciprocal skittle-pattern stripe, slight staining
10ft.5in. x 7ft.6in. (317cm. x 228cm.)
Provenance
From a private Persian collection, see lot 454.