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723 - IMPORTANT TABRIZ CARPET Silky lambswool pile of the so-calle…
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Estimate €600 - €900
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IMPORTANT TABRIZ CARPET Silky lambswool pile of the so-called ‘Kork’ quality (selected in spring) On a cotton backing Ruby-coloured field decorated with interlacing patterns of fine, curling stems and slender branches, featuring palmettes, flowers and foliage very finely rendered in polychrome in the style of a ‘thousand-flower’ mosaic. Triple border, the main one being midnight blue with interlaced motifs of rows of floral bulbs and stylised foliage in the form of multicoloured stylised diamonds. Early 20th-century piece from north-western Iran Density: approx. 9,000 knots per dm² 188 x 308 cm (some slight natural oxidation (evidence of age)) Bibliography: Andrew Middleton (A World Tour of Carpets), Fabio Formenton, Enza Milanesi, Edwin Gans-Ruedin (Understanding Carpets, The Beauty of Oriental Carpets, The Splendour of Persian Carpets), Doris Eider, Roger Bechirian, Armen Hengeldian – Expert: Frank Kassapian
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About the sale PALAIS AUCTIONS - Classical Art
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Auction time 08/08/2026 at 2:30 PM
Lot description modified on 07/02/2026 at 11:44 AM
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