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    Sale 7910

    Carpets, Decorative Objects and Furniture

    London, South Kensington

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    4 March 1998

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    Lot 24

    An fine antique Kashan Muchtasham rug

    Price realised

    GBP 805

    Estimate

    GBP 700 - GBP 1,000

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    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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