ID 1178468
Lot 221 | A RARE MUGHAL SILK RUG
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 160 000
PROBABLY HYDERABAD OR WARANGEL, THE DECCAN, SOUTH INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Of 'Flower in Lattice' design, corroded dark brown, uneven scattered spots of wear, localised restorations along the central axis, partially backed
7ft.4in. x 5ft.1in. (223cm. x 155cm.)
Provenance
Church of Apportas, Portugal
With Senator William A. Clark by 1910
Accessioned to the Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, by 1948
Important Carpets from the William A. Clark Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Sotheby's New York, 5 June 2013, lot 25, from where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
Wilhelm, Valentiner, Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Early Oriental Rugs, New York, 1910, no. 48
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Illustrated Handbook of The W. A. Clark Collection, The Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C.: W. F. Roberts Company, 1928, p. 74
"Carpets for the Great Shah: The Near-Eastern Carpets from the W. A. Clark Collection," The Corcoran Gallery of Art Bulletin, Washington, D.C., Vol. 2, No. 1, October 1948, p. 25
Exhibited
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 'Loan Exhibition of Early Oriental Rugs', November 1, 1910 - January 15, 1911
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, 'Carpets for the Great Shah', October 3 - November 16, 1948
| Medium: | Silk, Textile |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
| Auction house category: | Carpets, Rugs & carpets |
| Medium: | Silk, Textile |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
| Auction house category: | Carpets, Rugs & carpets |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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