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ANTIQUE/SEMI-ANTIQUE KASHAN SO CALLED MOTACHEM. 229 x 137 cm.

Estimate
25 000 - 30 000 SEK
2 240 - 2 680 EUR
2 290 - 2 750 USD
Hammer price
26 000 SEK
Purchasing info
ANTIQUE/SEMI-ANTIQUE KASHAN SO CALLED MOTACHEM. 229 x 137 cm.

Reddish brown melange ground with a dense polychrome boteh pattern as well as a small stylized animal in one corner. A dark blue main border with a flower festoon.

Slightly dirty, stains among which a few are slightly stiff. The sides and ends have insignificant fold wear.

Provenance

This rug was bought in Persia by a Swedish officer who among around forty Swedish officers was engaged by the Shah to organize a gendarmerie to protect the connections and roads between the cities in the country. Between 1912-1915.