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AN UNUSUAL NORTH WEST PERSIAN KELLEH
AN UNUSUAL NORTH WEST PERSIAN KELLEH

CIRCA 1860

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AN UNUSUAL NORTH WEST PERSIAN KELLEH
CIRCA 1860
THE RUST-RED FIELD WITH SCATTERED MOTIFS AROUND A LARGE STEPPED HEXAGONAL PANLE OF OVERALL BLUE AND WHITE ZIGZAG PATTERN AROUND A COLUMN OF THREE CONNECTED STEPPED LOZENGES CONTAINING STYLISED MOTIFS WITH PENDANTS AT EACH END, IN A MULTIPLE STRIPED BORDER OF POLYCHROME ANGULAR FLORAL MEANDER, SIGNATURE AT ONE END, LOCALISED AREAS OF WEAR, SOME MOTH DAMAGE
12FT.3IN. X 6FT. (373CM. X 183CM.)

拍品专文

THE FIELD DESIGN OF THIS UNUSUAL CARPET IS TAKEN FROM THE FLATWOVEN SUMMER CARPETS (JAJIM) WHICH WERE VERY POPULAR IN PERSIA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CENTUIRY. THEY ARE OFTEN SEEN USED AS THE FLOOR COVERINGS IN PORTRAITS OF IMPORTANT PEOPLE OF THE TIME, SUCH AS A PORTRAIT OF PRINCE ARDASHIR MIRZA BY ABU'L-HASAN GHAFFARI NAQQASH BASHI, DATED 1852-3 AD, SOLD IN THESE ROOMS 11 OCTOBER 1988, LOT 24 AND NOW IN THE HASHEM KHOSROVANI QAJAR COLLECTION (DIBA, LAYLA S.: ROYAL PERSIAN PAINTINGS, EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, NEW YORK, 1998, NO.79, P.250).