A MUGHAL AMER SHAPED CARPET FRAGMENT, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1650
A MUGHAL AMER SHAPED CARPET FRAGMENT
NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1650
Wool pile on a cotton and silk foundation, asymmetrically knotted, displaying a Martagon lily with drooping flower-heads, a poppy, an iris and a carnation, localised corrosion, mounted
4ft.6in. x 1ft.7in. (141cm. x 52cm.)
Provenance
Private London Collection 1979-2007
Private US collection 2007-2012;
Simon Ray, London, 2012
Bonhams, London, 8 April 2014, lot 216 from where purchased by the present owner
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE PARISIAN COLLECTION
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A MUGHAL AMER SHAPED CARPET FRAGMENT
NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1650
Wool pile on a cotton and silk foundation, asymmetrically knotted, displaying a Martagon lily with drooping flower-heads, a poppy, an iris and a carnation, localised corrosion, mounted
4ft.6in. x 1ft.7in. (141cm. x 52cm.)
Provenance
Private London Collection 1979-2007
Private US collection 2007-2012;
Simon Ray, London, 2012
Bonhams, London, 8 April 2014, lot 216 from where purchased by the present owner
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE PARISIAN COLLECTION