SOUTH CAUCASUS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Woven in the kelleh format of classical 16th and 17th century Persian workshop carpets, the present lot is well preserved and has a rich palette of natural colours. A similar example is published in Giuseppe Cohen, Il Fascino del Tappeto Orientale, Milan, 1968, pl.156. That example has an enigmatic group of symbols in the upper border which may correspond with a signature or date. An almost identical kelleh to the present lot in terms of design, colouring and proportion, was sold in these Rooms, 2 May 2019, lot 241.