A TABRIZ HUNTING CARPET

NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1910

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A TABRIZ HUNTING CARPET
NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1910
Of Safavid design, the ivory field with a variety of floral sprays around a multitude of mounted huntsmen chasing animals around an indigo cusped medallion with paired simurghs descending on animal combat groups around a central flowerhead, the spandrels similar, in a shaded burgundy border of flowering vine and birds around paired peris between shaded ice-blue palmette mask and cloudband stripes, negligible areas of wear
17ft.2in. x 10ft.11in. (523cm. x 332cm.)

拍品专文

A very small amount of cotton has been used in this piece for the whites of the eyes and the fangs of some of the animals