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A SAFAVID RED-GROUND `PALMETTE AND BIRD` CARPET

Lot 150
26.10.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 2 000 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1033222
Lot 150 | A SAFAVID RED-GROUND 'PALMETTE AND BIRD' CARPET
Estimate value
£ 2 000 000 – 3 000 000
A SAFAVID RED-GROUND 'PALMETTE AND BIRD' CARPET

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



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Medium:Cotton, Silk, Textile, Wool
Art style:Safavid (1506-1722)
Place of origin:Asia, Persia
Auction house category:Carpets, Rugs & carpets
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