NORTH EAST PERSIA, DATED AH 1265/1848-9 AD

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A KHORASSAN RUG
NORTH EAST PERSIA, DATED AH 1265/1848-9 AD
The indigo field with an overall design of a variety of open floral lozenges, in a raspberry-red linked panelled flowerhead border with inner ivory floral meander stripe, outer stripes missing, areas of wear
7ft.1in. x 4ft.6in. (215cm. x 137cm.)

Provenance

The Bernheimer Family Collection of Carpets, sold Christie's King Street, 14 February 1996, lot 45.

Literature

Otto Bernheimer: Alte Teppiche des 16.-18. Jahrhunderts der Firma L.Bernheimer,
Munich, 1959, pl.80.

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Lot Essay

Were it not for the date in the cartouche below, this carpet would normally be dated early in the nineteenth century. It has the features of a later variant on a seventeenth century "vase" design, but the construction is different. It has a number of instances of jufti knotting which would indicate a Khorassani origin. Of interest are the small vases from which some of the floral sprays spring, a feature which is also found on a lozenge lattice carpet published by Pope (A.U.: A Survey of Persian Art, Oxford, 1938, pl.1241).

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