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Lot Essay
A comparable rug depicting Nader Shah Afshar; woven with a virtually identical design but mirrored to the present lot was offered at Christie's King Street on th 28th of April 2005, lot 76.
Details
A Kirman pictorial rug
CIRCA 1900
The shaded camel field centred by a Shah seated on a throne surrounded by courtiers, in a border of grazing horses and cattle with portrait cartouches
210 cm. x 135 cm.
CIRCA 1900
The shaded camel field centred by a Shah seated on a throne surrounded by courtiers, in a border of grazing horses and cattle with portrait cartouches
210 cm. x 135 cm.
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