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A semi-antique Kerman carpet, of Safavid 'vase' design, ca 484 x 291 cm

Estimate
20 000 - 25 000 SEK
1 870 - 2 340 EUR
2 130 - 2 660 USD
Hammer price
16 000 SEK
Bidding requires special pre approval.
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Christopher Stålhandske
Stockholm
Christopher Stålhandske
Head Specialist Carpets, textiles and Islamic works of art
+46 (0)708 19 12 58
A semi-antique Kerman carpet, of Safavid 'vase' design, ca 484 x 291 cm

Around 1930s to the 1940s. A diagonally polychrome garden pattern with stylized flowers and trees. A red melange main border with a large palmette vine and small flowers.

Literature

Metropolitan museum of art & Dimand, Maurice Sven, Oriental rugs in the Metropolitan museum of art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1973, s 73, figure 103.

More information

The present directional lozenge 'vase' pattern can be seen on a carpet formerly in the Baltimore Museum of Art and now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.