Sale 7717
London
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2 April 2009
Price realised
GBP 2,750
Estimate
A BAKHTIARI CARPET SIGNED KARKHANE SHALAMZAR, BAKHTIARI, WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1910 One border stain, otherwise good condition 13ft. x 10ft.4in. (396cm. x 314cm.)
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Literature
Persische Teppiche, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg; Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt am Main, 1971, pp.192-93, pl.89
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