Sale 7910
London, South Kensington
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4 March 1998
Price realised
GBP 805
Estimate
An fine antique Kashan Muchtasham rug the brick-red field with polychrome angular floral and palmette sprays and angular floral vine linking stylised floral panels around cusped indigo medallion with palmette pendants containing stylised polychrome trees and similar floral sprays enclosing light blue flowerhead centrepiece, spandrels similar, in shaded indigo border of polychrome palmettes, meandering angular arabesques and flowering vine between yellow palmette vine and reciprocal skittle-pattern stripes, slight localized wear and tinting --201cm. x 130cm.(6ft.7in. x 4ft.3in.)
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