ANTIQUE KERMAN LAVER FIGURAL. 218,5 x 139,5 cm.
A dark blue ground with a possible allegory of the music - a polychrome scene of a flute playing man, a dancing woman, putti playing music as well as a variety of musical instruments, birds, flowers and trees. An ivory main border with elephants, tortoises, predators and cartouches with portraits. The inner secondary border has an inscription: SEFARESH-E MOHAMMAD REZA KHAN (By the order of Mohammad Reza Khan), in a cartouche. Approximately 640.000 knots per square meter.
Little wear, slightly dirty, minor stains. One side has fold wear, the upper end has minor damages.
Provenance
From the home of the antique dealers Maj och Carl-Axel Persson, Malmö.
