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IMPORTANT, ANTIQUE, FINE AND ORIGINAL KIRMAN RAVER CARPET (P…
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IMPORTANT, ANTIQUE, FINE AND ORIGINAL KIRMAN RAVER CARPET (P…
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Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
Voluntary lot
Description
IMPORTANT, ANTIQUE, FINE AND ORIGINAL KIRMAN RAVER CARPET (Persia, late 19th century)
Ivory field featuring a very large central midnight-blue medallion decorated with a mosaic of stylised flowers and foliage, inlaid with a large central sky-blue rosette (natural wool variation), adorned with polychrome palmette and floral bulb motifs in the form of stylised diamonds.
Four spandrels with motifs echoing the central medallion.
Five borders, the main one being midnight blue with an interlaced pattern of undulating bands featuring stylised foliage in the shape of serpentines and stylised waves, surrounded by stylised, burst diamond-shaped flower buds.
Wool velour on a cotton backing, of fine quality and remarkable polychromy.
Density: approximately 7,000 knots per dm².
Dimensions: 420 x 285 cm
Raver, a village near Kirman
In good overall condition; the carpet has been cleaned.
Bibliography: Roger Bechirian, Edwin Gans Ruedin, Andrew Middleton, Fabio Formenton, J. Anquetil (The Carpet Guide), Enza Milanesi.
(Signs of wear.)
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