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A SILK TABRIZ RUG
FROM THE RUZIYEH WORKSHOP, NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1880
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A SILK TABRIZ RUG
FROM THE RUZIYEH WORKSHOP, NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1880
The ivory field with a flowering "Tree of Life" design inhabited by wild grotesque animals and perching birds set in a landscape beside a lake with sailing boats and fish, an inscription cartouche panel above, in an indigo flowerhead and scrolling leaf border between ivory flowerhead and vine stripes and indigo floral meander and plain ivory minor stripes, full pile throughout, selvages replaced
6ft.1in x 4ft.3in. (185cm. x 130cm.)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis
Lot Essay
The inscription reads, in part, karkhane Ruziyeh(?) baft, Mubarak bad (woven in the Ruziyeh workshop, congratulations).