| |
Country of
Origin: Persia/Iran
Khorasan
JBOC Comments:
Description:
Fine Carpets
SALE L06870 LOT 58
SESSION 1 | 05 Apr 06 10:00 AM.
London, New Bond Street
A KHOROSSAN CARPET FRAGMENT, NORTHEAST PERSIA,
30,000—40,000 GBP
MEASUREMENTS
approximately 256 by 238cm., 8ft. 5in. by 7ft. 10in.
DESCRIPTION
mid 17th century
Condition Note: fragmentary, stitched to linen backing, sides and ends
not extant, holes and areas of insect damage to pile.
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
- Colours: Ivory, yellow, pale rose pink,
crimson, dark pumpkin orange, mid blue, teal green, jade green, dark
blue, blue-black (10)
- Pile: Wool, Z spun, asymmetric, open to the
left, occasional jufti knotting and offset rows
- Warps: Cotton, natural, Z spun, 4S plied,
depressed
- Wefts: Cotton, natural, Z spun, 2 Sw plied, 3
shoots
- Sides: not original
- Ends: not original
- Density: Vertical 6-7/cm
- Horizontal: 4-5/cm
CATALOGUE NOTE
This carpet fragment is a beautiful and successful example of how the
proximity of Mughal India to Safavid Persia could result in the sharing
or transferring of design elements. The field pattern of flowering
shrubs within a very articulate latticework is most similar to that of
a Mughal fragment in the Kier collection, see Spuhler, F., Islamic
Carpets and Textiles in the Kier Collection, London 1978, no. 60. This
is here framed by a border of palmettes and vinery that might be found
on any number of 17th century carpets attributed to Isphahan, Herat,
Khorossan or even Indo-Persia. Here, the flowering shrubs are rendered
in meticulous detail on an ivory ground which is unusual for both India
and Persia. The most closely related examples of East Persian weavings
with a Mughal design similar to this lot are the Bernheimer lattice
carpet (Christie's London, 14 February 1996, lot 149; 16 October 1997,
lot 113 and 14 October 1999, lot 107) and a fragmentary carpet in the
Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin, see Spuhler, F., Oriental Carpets in the
Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin, Washington, D.C. 1987, no. 126. Both of
these carpets have a red ground and the drawing is more stiff and rigid
than that of the fragment offered here. The eloquence of the design
here is complemented by the saturated and jewel-like color that is a
hallmark of Khorossan weaving, for an example see lot 160, Property
from the Collections of Lily & Edmond J. Safra, Sotheby's New
York, 3 November 2005.
|
