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拍品專文
The knot count measures approximately 9V x 8H per cm. sq.
The inscription cartouche is signed 'amala (the work of) Muhammad ibn Ja’far', a master-weaver who established his workshop in Kirman and during his lifetime became known as ‘the King of Persian Rugs’. He is also thought to have been the father of the celebrated weaver Abul Qasim Kirmani. The products of his workshop were characterised by the use of fine kurk wool and intricate, often pictorial, designs. Fine Masha’ir carpets also signed by him were sold in these rooms 15 April 2010, lot 87, and 18 October 2021, lot 201.
This particular example depicts the figure of ‘Ali Karam Beg, who was made sardar of the province of Bandar Abbas in 1912. On his headdress and in a cartouche above his portrait is the lion and sun motif, which was codified as the official symbol of Iran in the Constitution of 1906. The calligraphic border contains a poem celebrating the subject’s virtue and military prowess. A carpet with a similar cartoon, though lacking the calligraphic border which allows him to be confidently identified, was offered in these Rooms, 23 April 2013, lot 111.
The inscription cartouche is signed 'amala (the work of) Muhammad ibn Ja’far', a master-weaver who established his workshop in Kirman and during his lifetime became known as ‘the King of Persian Rugs’. He is also thought to have been the father of the celebrated weaver Abul Qasim Kirmani. The products of his workshop were characterised by the use of fine kurk wool and intricate, often pictorial, designs. Fine Masha’ir carpets also signed by him were sold in these rooms 15 April 2010, lot 87, and 18 October 2021, lot 201.
This particular example depicts the figure of ‘Ali Karam Beg, who was made sardar of the province of Bandar Abbas in 1912. On his headdress and in a cartouche above his portrait is the lion and sun motif, which was codified as the official symbol of Iran in the Constitution of 1906. The calligraphic border contains a poem celebrating the subject’s virtue and military prowess. A carpet with a similar cartoon, though lacking the calligraphic border which allows him to be confidently identified, was offered in these Rooms, 23 April 2013, lot 111.