AN AFSHAR 'MEDALLION AND BOTEH' RUG, SOUTH PERSIA, CIRCA 1880
AN AFSHAR 'MEDALLION AND BOTEH' RUG, SOUTH PERSIA, CIRCA 1880
"There is a hexagonally-shaped central medallion, with pendants, filled with diagonal rows of variably-coloured boteh on an indigo field. The red field that surrounds the central medallion contains a variety of diamond-shaped and floral fillers with additional vertical rows of jagged shrub forms with white outlines emerging from triangular-shaped vases. There are 3 main borders, the widest with repeated arrow-shapes on a yellow ground, the others formed of flower and leaf-meander patterns. The knots are symmetrical. Warps are in greyish wool, and wefts in dyed red wool. Weft-wrapped soumak panels occur at both ends with modified animal-head forms (rams horns) in green with alternating white crosses on a red ground. Finished ends are plaited in bundles of warps. The selvedges are mostly original in over-wrapped multicoloured bands." (Benjamin, op.cit., p. 22). Approximately 143 x 117cm
The Collection of Professor Paul R Benjamin
For an introduction to the collection, please see Lot 193 in this sale
LITERATURE:
Benjamin, Paul, South Persian Rugs, Bags and Saddle Covers: from the collection of Paul R Benjamin, 3rd ed., 2004, pp. 22-23
"This is a very well-known Afshar rug type and many examples occur in the rug literature (eg Hermann, E. (1983) Seltene Orientteppiche VI, plates 72, 731; Hali issue 19, 1983,
Hali Gallery number 31; Hali issue 58, page 168, left, 1991). The content of the central medallion and size may vary but the overall design, colour and border organization are characteristic and easily recognized." (Benjamin, op.cit., p. 22).
Condition Report:
Pretty red, some minor areas of old repiling, outermost lower edge rewoven
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AN AFSHAR 'MEDALLION AND BOTEH' RUG, SOUTH PERSIA, CIRCA 1880
"There is a hexagonally-shaped central medallion, with pendants, filled with diagonal rows of variably-coloured boteh on an indigo field. The red field that surrounds the central medallion contains a variety of diamond-shaped and floral fillers with additional vertical rows of jagged shrub forms with white outlines emerging from triangular-shaped vases. There are 3 main borders, the widest with repeated arrow-shapes on a yellow ground, the others formed of flower and leaf-meander patterns. The knots are symmetrical. Warps are in greyish wool, and wefts in dyed red wool. Weft-wrapped soumak panels occur at both ends with modified animal-head forms (rams horns) in green with alternating white crosses on a red ground. Finished ends are plaited in bundles of warps. The selvedges are mostly original in over-wrapped multicoloured bands." (Benjamin, op.cit., p. 22). Approximately 143 x 117cm
The Collection of Professor Paul R Benjamin
For an introduction to the collection, please see Lot 193 in this sale
LITERATURE:
Benjamin, Paul, South Persian Rugs, Bags and Saddle Covers: from the collection of Paul R Benjamin, 3rd ed., 2004, pp. 22-23
"This is a very well-known Afshar rug type and many examples occur in the rug literature (eg Hermann, E. (1983) Seltene Orientteppiche VI, plates 72, 731; Hali issue 19, 1983,
Hali Gallery number 31; Hali issue 58, page 168, left, 1991). The content of the central medallion and size may vary but the overall design, colour and border organization are characteristic and easily recognized." (Benjamin, op.cit., p. 22).
Condition Report:
Pretty red, some minor areas of old repiling, outermost lower edge rewoven
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Reserve
Time, Location
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