Lot Essay
The inscription is not well written. A possible reading is: Dar karkhane-ye Omidi(?), 1296 (from the workshop establishment of Omidi, AH 1296).
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WEST PERSIA, DATED AH1286/1869-70 AD
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A FEREGHAN KELLEH
West Persia, dated AH1286/1869-70 AD
The ivory field with scattered angular floral sprays with three columns of linked angular flowering vine, a stylised figural mask at either end with a scrolling arabesque beneath, around an indigo serrated roundel with an ivory centrepiece and similar angular flowering vine, an inscription cartouche at one end, in a hooked rust-red inner frame, in an indigo dense flowering vine and interlaced arabesque border between celadon-green floral meander stripes and mill-pattern minor stripes, original kilim strips at both ends, excellent pile throughout, one or two small patch repairs
16ft.2in. x 7ft.7in. (492cm. x 231cm.)
West Persia, dated AH1286/1869-70 AD
The ivory field with scattered angular floral sprays with three columns of linked angular flowering vine, a stylised figural mask at either end with a scrolling arabesque beneath, around an indigo serrated roundel with an ivory centrepiece and similar angular flowering vine, an inscription cartouche at one end, in a hooked rust-red inner frame, in an indigo dense flowering vine and interlaced arabesque border between celadon-green floral meander stripes and mill-pattern minor stripes, original kilim strips at both ends, excellent pile throughout, one or two small patch repairs
16ft.2in. x 7ft.7in. (492cm. x 231cm.)
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