NORTH WEST PERSIA OR SOUTH CAUCASUS, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY

細節

A KURDISH CARPET
North West Persia or South Caucasus, second half 18th century
The brick-red field of harshang design comprising scattered flowerheads and minor motifs around alternately facing palmettes together with a column of stylised floral panels issuing angular leafy vine, in a medium blue border of flowerheads together wtih stylised leaves between golden yellow floral meander stripes, outer stripe missing, scattered reweaves and repiling
14ft.9in. x 5ft.4in. (449cm. x 163cm.)

出版

Burns, James D.: The Caucasus, Traditions in Weaving, Seattle, 1987, no.2.

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

拍品專文

The harshang design is one which was extremely popular in North West Persia and the Caucasus in the eighteenth century. A number of different variants were produced in various centres, as discussed with reference to four examples in Paris by Pamela Bensoussan ("Four Harshang pattern Carpets in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs", Hali vol.3, no.3, 1981, pp.288-290). The present example with its red wefts typical of Kurdish weavers relates to one formerly in the de Calatchi Collection (de Calatchi, Robert: Oriental Carpets, Switzerland, 1967, pl.1). A carpet with very similar colours and drawing, but of a more floral design, is in the Jim Dixon Collection (Eiland, Murray L. Jr.: "Oriental Rugs in Occidental", Hali 109, March/April 2000, pl.6, p.102).

For two very different eighteenth century harshang design carpets from the North West Persia/Caucasian borderlands please see lot 13 and, in the Aita Collection sale immediately preceding this, lot 211).