A SILK AND METAL-THREAD KOUM KAPI RUG

Lot 213
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Lot 213 | A SILK AND METAL-THREAD KOUM KAPI RUG
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£ 4 000 – 6 000
A SILK AND METAL-THREAD KOUM KAPI RUG
ATTRIBUTABLE TO HAGOP KAPOUDJIAN, ISTANBUL, TURKEY, CIRCA 1895
Woven horizontally, full pile throughout, areas of dryness with associated splits and old restoration, lined
5ft. x 8ft.2in. (152cm. x 250cm.)




Provenance

Anon. sale, Lileadam Encheres, L'Isle-Adam, 26 February 1995



Literature

Personal catalogue, 1995, MWI 4 (2)



Engraved

In the border cartouches:
ay manzil-i ‘adl jaygahat qalicha-yi ‘arsh farsh-i rahat
farrash-i saba ba-mu-yi muzhigan jarub-kashi zi bargahat
payvasta baqa-yi dawlatat bad gardan ba-murad-i mihr u mahat
dari karam u sakha u ihsan khalq-i du jahanst ‘udhr-khwahat
dar majlis-i 'aysh u kamrani tawfiq rafiq u haq panahat


‘O the house of justice is your residence, the rug of the throne is the paving on your road,
The keeper of the breeze of the Zephyr sweeps your court with the hairs of the eyelashes,
May your good fortune be everlasting, may fate accord with the wishes of your sun and moon.
You are noble, generous and munificent, the creatures of the two worlds seek your pardon,
In the gathering of joy and success may success be your companion and God your refuge.'
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