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A SILK KASHAN MOCHTASHAM RUG
PERSIA, CIRCA 1890
The steel-grey field framed by a light blue flowerhead vine stripe enclosing delicate scrolling floral and leafy vine scattered with animal combat groups around a central blackcurrant-red and steel-grey cusped lozenge medallion with palmette pendants containing a central floral rosette issuing scrolling floral arabesques, the blackcurrant-red spandrels similar, in a steel-grey scrolling flowerhead vine border between sandy yellow floral vine and barber-pole stripes, workshop inscription cartouche at one end, very slight loss at each end
5ft.11in. x 4ft. (180cm. x 122cm.)
PERSIA, CIRCA 1890
The steel-grey field framed by a light blue flowerhead vine stripe enclosing delicate scrolling floral and leafy vine scattered with animal combat groups around a central blackcurrant-red and steel-grey cusped lozenge medallion with palmette pendants containing a central floral rosette issuing scrolling floral arabesques, the blackcurrant-red spandrels similar, in a steel-grey scrolling flowerhead vine border between sandy yellow floral vine and barber-pole stripes, workshop inscription cartouche at one end, very slight loss at each end
5ft.11in. x 4ft. (180cm. x 122cm.)
