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SALE 1116 LOT 11
A LARGE NORTH WEST PERSIAN SHRUB KELLEH
CIRCA 1820
Price
Realized £10,000 ($15,250)
Christie's
Sale Information
Christies SALE 1116 —
ORIENTAL RUGS AND CARPETS
23 April 2013
London, King Street
LOT NOTES
Lot Description
A LARGE NORTH WEST PERSIAN SHRUB KELLEH
CIRCA 1820
Good pile throughout, corroded black and brown,
localised touches of old moth damage, a few small scattered cobbled
repairs, selvages partially rebound, localised small repairs to each end
24ft. x 7ft.7in. (730cm. x 231cm.)
Lot Notes
A similar kelleh
with comparable colours but larger scale motifs is in the James D. Burns
collection, Seattle, (James D. Burns, Antique Rugs of Kurdistan, London,
2002, fig.6, pp.46-47). A further example was sold in these Rooms, 1 May
2003, lot 171.
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