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Lot Essay
The knot count measures approximately 11V x 10H knots per cm. sq.
In the cartouches are verses from the Preface to Sa‘di’s Gulistan:
'The wind had in the shade of its trees
Spread a multi-coloured carpet.’
This silk Persian prayer rug is of a very fine quality. The inscription, written on an ivory ground, is in a distinctive script with long shafts, similar to the script which appeared on another prayer rug, also with an elaborate central chandelier, which sold in these Rooms as part of the George Farrow collection, 25 April 2024, lot 202. The inscription on that carpet stated that it had been woven by a certain Iravami, who may well have been the weaver behind this rug as well. A similarly-drawn inscription also appears on a pictorial prayer rug sold in these Rooms, 24 October 2024, lot 266. A silk prayer rug with a comparable shimmering blue field with slender coupled-columns flanking triple hanging pendant palmettes but without an inscription, sold in these Rooms, 28 October 2021, lot 174.
In the cartouches are verses from the Preface to Sa‘di’s Gulistan:
'The wind had in the shade of its trees
Spread a multi-coloured carpet.’
This silk Persian prayer rug is of a very fine quality. The inscription, written on an ivory ground, is in a distinctive script with long shafts, similar to the script which appeared on another prayer rug, also with an elaborate central chandelier, which sold in these Rooms as part of the George Farrow collection, 25 April 2024, lot 202. The inscription on that carpet stated that it had been woven by a certain Iravami, who may well have been the weaver behind this rug as well. A similarly-drawn inscription also appears on a pictorial prayer rug sold in these Rooms, 24 October 2024, lot 266. A silk prayer rug with a comparable shimmering blue field with slender coupled-columns flanking triple hanging pendant palmettes but without an inscription, sold in these Rooms, 28 October 2021, lot 174.