A KASHAN MOCHTASHAM PRAYER RUG, the ivory field with floral srays and trees flanking a large central flowering tree with perching and nesting birds together with a variety of fruit and butterflies, the cusped indigo mihrab arch filled with dense flowering sprays, in an indigo flowering vine and palmette border between narrow ivory flowering vine and reciprocal skittle-pattern stripes, a short kilim stripe at each end (very slight areas of wear)

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A KASHAN MOCHTASHAM PRAYER RUG, the ivory field with floral srays and trees flanking a large central flowering tree with perching and nesting birds together with a variety of fruit and butterflies, the cusped indigo mihrab arch filled with dense flowering sprays, in an indigo flowering vine and palmette border between narrow ivory flowering vine and reciprocal skittle-pattern stripes, a short kilim stripe at each end (very slight areas of wear)
6ft.10in. x 4ft.6in. (208cm. x 137cm.)

Lot Essay

The pair to this rug, woven in mirror image, was sold in these rooms, 10th November 1977, lot 15. Both rugs were given to the vendor's father, a diplomat, by the Zardar of Zenjan in 1919.

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