Lot n° 405
Estimation :
5000 - 7000
EUR
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Result
: 3 000EUR
Rare and exceptional court carpet, - Lot 405
Rare and exceptional court carpet,
Khorassan
Eastern Persia, early 19th century
Wool velvet on cotton backing.
Golden-yellow field with mosaic decoration
of Herati motifs: rows of palmettes
surrounded by serrated leaves and connected
connected by diamond-shaped stems
delicately drawn in polychrome, adorned
a central polylobed ruby medallion,
inlaid with an ivory diamond with a finely
flower. Four spandrels with multicolored
multicolored wreaths, echoing the central
central medallion.
Triple borders, the main one in midnight blue
decorated with polychrome flower buds
in the form of stylized diamonds.
360 x 170 cm
Oxidation and natural wear
Provenance: Agop and Migirdich, the Indjoudjian brothers.
History: Tukush, Sultan of Khorassan (1425),
is depicted in a famous manuscript, in his long
history, Khorassan has seen many conquerors
conquerors (Greeks, Arabs, Turks, Mongols, Afghans).
Numerous dynasties succeeded one another. An ancient city
of the Persian province, ancient Bactria: where the sun
the sun, cradle of Zoroastrianism and satrapy of
of Alexander the Great, who gave it centuries of peace
of peace, art and science, a land rich in the vestiges of the
Persian eras and criss-crossed by the nomads of the
nomads of the Silk Roads, many different populations
a rich and vibrant culture.
Bibliography: a fundamental art, the Carpet by Albert
Achdjian
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