ID 1033222
Los 150 | A SAFAVID RED-GROUND 'PALMETTE AND BIRD' CARPET
Schätzwert
£ 2 000 000 – 3 000 000
POSSIBLY QAZVIN, NORTH PERSIA, CIRCA 1565-1575
Wool pile on a silk and cotton foundation, lacking outer stripe, areas of negligible wear, localised reweaves and restoration, sides rebound, an additional tape applied on all four sides
16ft.9in. x 7ft.3in. (517cm. x 225cm.)
Provenance
Baron Edmond de Rothschild (1845-1934), Paris
With Colnaghi Oriental, London, circa 1975
With The Textile Gallery and Elio Cittone, Milan
Roberto Calvi, Milan
Canadian Collector, sold Christie's London, 17 October 1996, lot 404
Private Collector, sold Sotheby's New York, 20 September 2001, lot 221
Gordon P. Getty, sold Sotheby's New York, 1 February 2013, lot 22, from where purchased by the present owner
Literature
HALI, Volume II, No. 2, p. 65, Colnaghi advertisement, detail HALI, Issue 90, p.118 and 124
HALI, Issue 120, p. 125
HALI, Issue 175, pp.128-129, fig.1
Further details
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| Material: | Baumwolle, Seide, Textilien, Wolle |
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| Kunst Stil: | Safawiden (1506-1722) |
| Herkunftsort: | Asien, Persien |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Teppiche, Teppiche und Teppichböden |
| Material: | Baumwolle, Seide, Textilien, Wolle |
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| Kunst Stil: | Safawiden (1506-1722) |
| Herkunftsort: | Asien, Persien |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Teppiche, Teppiche und Teppichböden |
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