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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.
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