A PICTORIAL SILK HERIZ PRAYER RUG

Lot 266
24.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 18 900
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ID 1306486
Lot 266 | A PICTORIAL SILK HERIZ PRAYER RUG
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
A PICTORIAL SILK HERIZ PRAYER RUG
NORTH WEST PERSIA, MID 19TH CENTURY
With metal thread kilims, overall excellent condition
5ft.10in. x 4ft.9in. (178cm. x 144cm.)




Provenance

Purchased by Colonel Richard T. McEvoy after the Second World War, thence by descent



Engraved

The inscription is a couplet from a ghazal of Sa‘di

‘The camel is transported to joy and ecstasy by Arabic poetry,
What kind of ill-natured creature are you if you have no taste for it?’



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