拍品专文
The design of this cartoon, is a close match to lot 174, the finely woven silk and metal-thread mat, in the present sale and was acquired directly from the widow of Zareh Penyamin who was known by the Keshishian family. Drafts such as this, executed on plain paper, may have been how Zareh and his contemporaries clarified their designs before transferring them to graph paper, which would be easier for weavers to work from.