Lot 323
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A SILK ISTANBUL RUG
A SILK ISTANBUL RUG
A SILK ISTANBUL RUG
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A SILK ISTANBUL RUG

TURKEY, CIRCA 1910

Details
A SILK ISTANBUL RUG
TURKEY, CIRCA 1910
Minimal wear in one corner, a couple of very small repairs
6ft.5in. x 4ft.7in. (196cm. x 140cm.)
Provenance
Anon sale in these Rooms, 15 April 2010, lot 163
Special notice
This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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Lot Essay

The approx. knot count is 10V X 8H per sq. cm.

The design of this carpet is adapted from that of the large Safavid silk Kashan hunting carpet in the Royal Collection in Sweden (Arthur Upham Pope, A Survey of Persian Art, Oxford, 1938, pl.1193).

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