Sale 9862
London, South Kensington
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9 June 2004
Price realised
GBP 1,314
Estimate
A fine Heriz carpet, North-West Persia The shaded brick-red field with angular palmette and leafy vine around deep indigo stepped medallion with light blue palmette cartouches around concentric dusty-pink smaller panel with radiating floral centrepiece, ivory spandrels similar, in broad deep indigo border of bold polychrome palmettes and angular leafy vine between floral meander and plain stripes, very slight localized wear 429cm. x 307cm.(14ft.1in. x 10ft.5in.)
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