Lot 123
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A KASHAN 'MOCHTASHAM' CARPET
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A KASHAN 'MOCHTASHAM' CARPET

CENTRAL PERSIA, CIRCA 1890

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A KASHAN 'MOCHTASHAM' CARPET
Central Persia, circa 1890
The pale celadon-green field with vases in each corner issuing angular flowering and leafy vine around a central shaded tomato-red panel containing palmettes issuing floral sprays and angular flowering and leafy vine enclosing a cusped and stepped shaded blue medallion with pendants of similar design around a similar ivory medallion enclosing a rosette centrepiece, in a shaded blue border of palmettes flanked by serrated leaves together with flowerheads and angular leafy vine between tomato-red stylised linked floral spray and ivory angular vine, reciprocal skittle-pattern and stylised hooked stripes, plain outer golden yellow stripe, very slight wear, supple structure
16ft.6in. x 10ft.9in. (502cm. x 326cm.)
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Lot Essay

The medallion is flanked by the same inscription repeated four times, twice in negative. The writing is minute and very difficult to read. A possible reading of some of the inscription is farmayesh-e aqa muhammad..shahanshah (Commissioned by Aqa Muhammad..Shahanshah).

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