ID 1178375
Lot 171 | A SILK AND METAL-THREAD KOUM KAPI PRAYER RUG
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 70 000
SIGNED ZAREH PENYAMIN, ISTANBUL, TURKEY, CIRCA 1920
Of 'Sultan's Head' design, finely woven, full pile throughout, overall excellent condition
6ft.3in. x 4ft.2in. (190cm. x 127cm.)
Provenance
George Farrow, personal catalogue, 1991
Inscribed
In the main border cartouches Qur'an I, sura al-Baqara, v.255, 'the Throne Verse'
In the central cartouche ayn niz bozgarad - 'This too shall pass away'
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