WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1880

Details

A FEREGHAN RUG
WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1880
Overall very good condition
5ft.5in. x 4ft.3in. (169cm. x 132cm.)

Special notice

Specifed lots (sold and unsold) marked with a filled square ( ¦ ) not collected from Christie’s, 8 King Street, London SW1Y 6QT by 5.00 pm on the day of the sale will, at our option, be removed to Crown Fine Art (details below). Christie’s will inform you if the lot has been sent ofsite. If the lot is transferred to Crown Fine Art, it will be available for collection from 12.00 pm on the second business day following the sale. Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Crown Fine Art. All collections from Crown Fine Art will be by prebooked appointment only. This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice. The USA prohibits the purchase by US persons of Iranian-origin “works of conventional craftsmanship” such as carpets, textiles, decorative objects, and scientific instruments. The US sanctions apply to US persons regardless of the location of the transaction or the shipping intentions of the US person. For this reason, Christie’s will not accept bids by US persons on this lot. Non-US persons wishing to import this lot into the USA are advised that they will need to apply for an OFAC licence and that this can take many months to be granted.

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Lot Essay

The inclusion of the elegant stellar cartouche with the gory hunting scene, surrounded by the unusual and highly creative border of entwined serpents, would suggest that this rug was most certainly a private commission. Sadly, it is unsigned but the intricate and accurate execution of the herati pattern field could only have been undertaken by an accomplished weaver which would suggest that this was from one of the better established workshops in the city.

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