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

Estimate
20 000 - 25 000 SEK
1 790 - 2 230 EUR
1 820 - 2 270 USD
Hammer price
16 000 SEK
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.