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    Oriental and European Rugs & Carpets

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    2 April 2009

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    • A BAKHTIARI CARPET
    Lot 12

    A BAKHTIARI CARPET

    SIGNED KARKHANE SHALAMZAR, BAKHTIARI, WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1910

    Price realised

    GBP 2,750

    Estimate

    GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000

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    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 and exhibited

    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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