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Lot Essay
The knot count measures approximately 10V x 11H knots per cm. sq.
The inscription cartouche in the mihrab niche reads, bi-yed-e Abd Allah nehsad wa navad - 'by the hand of 'Abd Allah, 990'
The present rug displays all of the characteristics associated with the master weaver Zareh Penyamin, such as the intricately executed cartoon, the fine weave and complex application of metal-thread. Here the 'Sultan's Head' has transformed from having an ogee niche formed of a concave and convex curve, (see the previous lot in the present sale) to one with elongated inverted sides and a lobed crest. This design was used and re-used while the master weavers experimented with various combinations of mainly pastel-coloured palettes such as one formerly in the George Farrow Collection that sold in these Rooms, 25 April 2024, lot 170. Two examples in the Arkas collection of the same design are more comparable in colour to the present rug (Kumkapi rugs from the Arkas Collection, exhibition catalogue, Izmir, 2017, pp.64-5, no.17).
Other rugs with a matching cartoon and further variations on the colour and borders include examples sold in these Rooms, 22 April 1999, lot 18; 10 October 2008, lot 50; 7 October 2010, lot 77; and 23 April 2013, lot 138. Further examples were sold; Christie’s New York, 26 November 2013, lot 242; Sotheby’s London, 31 March 2021, lot 139 and 6 April 2011, lot 478.
The inscription cartouche in the mihrab niche reads, bi-yed-e Abd Allah nehsad wa navad - 'by the hand of 'Abd Allah, 990'
The present rug displays all of the characteristics associated with the master weaver Zareh Penyamin, such as the intricately executed cartoon, the fine weave and complex application of metal-thread. Here the 'Sultan's Head' has transformed from having an ogee niche formed of a concave and convex curve, (see the previous lot in the present sale) to one with elongated inverted sides and a lobed crest. This design was used and re-used while the master weavers experimented with various combinations of mainly pastel-coloured palettes such as one formerly in the George Farrow Collection that sold in these Rooms, 25 April 2024, lot 170. Two examples in the Arkas collection of the same design are more comparable in colour to the present rug (Kumkapi rugs from the Arkas Collection, exhibition catalogue, Izmir, 2017, pp.64-5, no.17).
Other rugs with a matching cartoon and further variations on the colour and borders include examples sold in these Rooms, 22 April 1999, lot 18; 10 October 2008, lot 50; 7 October 2010, lot 77; and 23 April 2013, lot 138. Further examples were sold; Christie’s New York, 26 November 2013, lot 242; Sotheby’s London, 31 March 2021, lot 139 and 6 April 2011, lot 478.