A QAJAR PICTORIAL BAKHTIARI KHAN CARPET

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26.10.2023 10:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 200 | A QAJAR PICTORIAL BAKHTIARI KHAN CARPET
A QAJAR PICTORIAL BAKHTIARI KHAN CARPET

WEST PERSIA, DATED AH 1329/1911-12 AD

Depicting a garden scene with three female figures standing with animals beneath an arbour of flowering trees filled with perching song birds, localised areas of wear and corrosion, lined

11ft.8in. x 9ft.8in. (362cm. x 294cm.)





Provenance

Commissioned by His Excellency Amir Mujahed, 1911/12

With Parviz Tanavoli by early 1980's, from whom purchased

The former Italian Ambassador, Tehran, 1988



Literature

Parviz Tanavoli, Persian Pictorial Carpet, Tehran, 1984

Parviz Tanavoli, Kings, Heroes and Lovers: Pictorial Rugs from the Tribes and Villages of Iran, London, 1994, pp. 264/265

an Bennett, 'Carpets of the Khans, Part 1', HALI, Issue 43, p.42, fig.3



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