SIGNED QALI-BAFIYAN VA MAHMUD JABBARZADA, NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1940

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A TABRIZ CARPET
SIGNED QALI-BAFIYAN VA MAHMUD JABBARZADA, NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1940
A few small occasional surface spot marks and light surface dirt, otherwise very good condition throughout
17ft.11in. x 11ft.2in. (545cm. x 340cm.)

Special notice

This lot will be removed to Christie’s Park Royal. Christie’s will inform you if the lot has been sent offsite. Our removal and storage of the lot is subject to the terms and conditions of storage which can be found at Christies.com/storage and our fees for storage are set out in the table below - these will apply whether the lot remains with Christie’s or is removed elsewhere. Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Christie’s Park Royal. All collections from Christie’s Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only. Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060 Email: cscollectionsuk@christies.com. If the lot remains at Christie’s it will be available for collection on any working day 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. Lots are not available for collection at weekends.

Sale room notice

Please note that a license is required to export or import textiles, rugs and carpets of Iranian origin to and from the United States. Clients should enquire with the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) regarding export requirements.

Please also note that this carpet will be stored in Cadogan Tate's warehouse after the sale.

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Lot Essay

The signature in the small stellar cartouche reads: sherkat-e qali-bafiyan va mahmud jabbarzada.

A near identical Tabriz carpet woven by the same weavers was sold in the Barratt Collection - Crowe Hall, Bath, Christie's, London, 16 December 2010, lot 243. A further carpet by the same workshop, displaying a design copied directly from the Portuguese Carpet in the Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Vienna, (see Friedrich Sarre and Hermann Trenkwald, Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna/Leipzig, 1926/28, vol.I, pl.33), was sold at Christie's, London, 5 April 2011, lot 106.

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