SOUTH EAST PERSIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A SILK KIRMAN RUG
SOUTH EAST PERSIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Woven on orange silk warps, mostly full pile, a couple of small areas of light wear and corrosion, selvages partly rebound
7ft. x 4ft.7in. (213cm. x 140cm.)

Provenance

Anon. sale, Christie's London, 5 April 2011, lot 283

Further details

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Lot Essay

The knot count measures approximately 8V x 7V per cm. sq.

A comparable silk Kirman rug in design, colour and quality, which was most probably woven in the same workshop as the present lot, was bought in Sotheby's Dubai, 3-5 December 1985, lot 250 and is now in a private UK collection.

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