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Sotheby's Carpets
Sale: N08456 | Location: New York
Auction Dates: Session 1: Wed, 11 Jun 08 10:00 AM
LOT 142
A TABRIZ PICTORIAL RUG, NORTHWEST PERSIA,
10,000—15,000 USD
MEASUREMENTS
approximately 8ft. 4in. by 5ft. 9in. (2.54 by
1.75m.)
DESCRIPTION
circa 1880
with a poetic inscription from the Shahnameh
reading, "the sun and the moon will not
shine unless the Ozah's horse is
successful." The Shahnameh or Book of Kings
is an epic poem written by Ferdowsi in the 11th
century that chronicles the mythic history of
Persia. Each of the pictorial niches here depict
a scene from the Shahnameh, similar to a larger
pictorial Tabriz carpet that is in the Carpet
Museum of Iran, Teheran, see Gans-Ruedin, E., The
Splendor of Persian Carpets, New York, 1978, pp.
193-194.
partial original end finishes, scattered spot
stains, partially overcast sidesSeen on www.Sothebys.com
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