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A NORTH WEST PERSIAN KELLEH
CIRCA 1800
Price Realized £5,019
($8,025)
Sale Information
Christie's SALE 6715 —
ORIENTAL RUGS AND CARPETS
1 May 2003
London, King Street
LOT NOTES
Lot Description
A NORTH WEST PERSIAN KELLEH
circa 1800
The indigo field with an overall lattice containing flowering shrubs,
in a mustard-yellow border of flowerhead and angular geometric motifs
between brick-red floral meander stripes, kilim strip at one end, slight
wear, corroded brown, some losses at edges
15ft. x 5ft.6in. (457cm. x
168cm.)
Lot Notes
A similar kelleh with comparable colours but
larger scale motifs is in the Burns Collection, Seattle, (Hali, 122,
May-June, p.136, pl.1).
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