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A NORTH WEST PERSIAN KELLEH
CIRCA 1800
Price Realized £5,975
($11,066)
Sale Information
Christie's SALE 9959 —
OAK, COUNTRY FURNITURE, FOLK ART, WORKS
OF ART AND SCULPTURE
10 November 2004
London, South Kensington
LOT NOTES
Lot Description
A NORTH WEST PERSIAN KELLEH
CIRCA 1800
The indigo field with rows of yellow arabesque quatrefoils issuing red
split palmettes enclosing floral sprays and birds, in a red rosette,
serrated leaf and iris border between ivory linked flowerhead stripes,
areas of wear, very slight repairs, very slight loss at one end,
occasional tinting
11ft.10in. x 6ft.3in. (360cm. x 191cm.)
Lot
Notes
Of all the Persian carpets dating from the later eighteenth and
earlier nineteenth century in the collection this is arguably the most
beautiful. It has the richness of colouring typical of the best examples
of the type, but it is the design which captivates. It combines elements
of the gul-hani design with a repeated lozenge design based on radiating
split palmettes forming a quatrefoil. This is not far distant in design
from one of the two motifs in the classic 15th century "small pattern
Holbein design" (F. Spuhler: Islamic Carpets and Textiles in the Keir
Collection, London, 1978, nos.5-14, pp.34-41 for example). Could it be
that this is a late reappearance of a design created centuries before?
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