A BELOUCH CARPET
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A BELOUCH CARPET

KHORASAN REGION, NORTH EAST PERSIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A BELOUCH CARPET
KHORASAN REGION, NORTH EAST PERSIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Of Mina Khani design, corroded brown, scattered minor restorations, original long kilim finishes, overall very good condition
12ft.3in. x 5ft.5in. (374cm. x 165cm.)
Provenance
Bought from Ivan Neff, South Africa (co author with Carol Maggs of, Dictionary of Oriental Rugs, Johannesburg, 1977)
Further details
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Lot Essay


This handsome and unusually large example is in very good condition and pleasingly still has its original chevron-striped kilims at each end. The balanced proportions of the Mina Khani field design and border pattern of linked angular floral sprays, which are progressively lost in later production, are closely related to a smaller example illustrated by David Black (Rugs of the Wandering Baluchi, London 1976, pl.6). The Baluch weavers adopted the mina khani design from east Persian urban carpets and transformed it into their own geometrical style of drawing.The present carpet appears to be more finely woven than many and has the inclusion of a secondary, lighter blue within its palette which is more unusual. A similar but smaller example sold in these Rooms, 8 April 2014, lot 111.

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