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186 - IRAN Large Ghoum Kork carpet Wool and silk Silky lambswool p…
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Estimate €600 - €800
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Description
IRAN Large Ghoum Kork carpet Wool and silk Silky lambswool pile (selected in spring, known as ‘Kork’, on a cotton backing). Beautifully fine Density approx. 7/7,500 knots per dm² Bordered carpet. Good overall condition Beautiful polychromy. Ruby-red field with a mosaic decoration of flower stems, foliage, palmettes and botehs (a symbol of genesis and fertility, the seed motif) finely rendered in polychrome adorned with a central medallion in the shape of a stylised navy blue diamond featuring stylised birds, inlaid with an ivory star-shaped flower. Five borders, the main one being sky-blue ‘abrache’ (natural variation in the wool) featuring rows of floral bulbs encircled by slender stems with multicoloured garlands of flowers. Shah period Circa 1960/65 346 x 201 cm Bibliography: Andrew Middleton (A World Tour of Carpets), Edwin Gans-Ruedin (The Splendour of Persian Carpets).
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About the sale FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART
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Auction time 06/27/2026 at 2:00 PM
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