CENTRAL PERSIA, CIRCA 1910

Details

A SILK KASHAN PRAYER RUG
CENTRAL PERSIA, CIRCA 1910
Of 'Salting' design, full, thick pile throughout, overall excellent condition
6ft.8in. x 4ft.2in. (204cm. x 128cm.)

Provenance

With George Farrow by 1993

Further Details

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Lot Essay

The knot count measures approximately 10V x 9H knots per cm. sq.

The upper half of the border bears six cartouches containing poetry of which the first two lines read;
The bright promise of youth is again in the garden,
The sweet voiced bulbul sends messages to the rose.
O gentle breeze, if you pass by again the youths meadow,
Present our obeisances to the cypress, rose and sweet basil.

Between each of the cartouches are smaller roundels filled with mock kufic seals. The inscription that outlines the Sultan's Head are Quranic verses.

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