Shahsavan Mafrash Side Panel
Mid 19th century, 48 x 94 cm, South East Caucasus, Moghan-Savalan region
A side panel of a Moghan Shahsavan mafrash, finely woven in the sumakh technique. The wide central band contains three large Memling güls embedded in white octagons, with small animals and tiny blossoms distributed around them. The border configuration is identical in all the pieces of this special group: the white main border featuring abstract animal figures is always flanked by two borders of interlocked S-forms. A narrow side of the same mafrash was sold by us in 2014. – Small repaired areas, otherwise well preserved.
TANAVOLI, PARVIZ, Shahsavan. Flachgewebe aus dem Iran. Herford 1985, Nr.85 *** GÜGEL, ERNST & WÜHR, RUDOLF, Zweck und Zier. Antike Taschen aus dem Kaukasus und Nordwest-Persien. Traunstein 2010, Abb. S.58 *** RIPPON BOSWELL, A 84, 31.05.2014, #177
RIPPON BOSWELL, A 65, 28.05.2005, #73
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Mid 19th century, 48 x 94 cm, South East Caucasus, Moghan-Savalan region
A side panel of a Moghan Shahsavan mafrash, finely woven in the sumakh technique. The wide central band contains three large Memling güls embedded in white octagons, with small animals and tiny blossoms distributed around them. The border configuration is identical in all the pieces of this special group: the white main border featuring abstract animal figures is always flanked by two borders of interlocked S-forms. A narrow side of the same mafrash was sold by us in 2014. – Small repaired areas, otherwise well preserved.
TANAVOLI, PARVIZ, Shahsavan. Flachgewebe aus dem Iran. Herford 1985, Nr.85 *** GÜGEL, ERNST & WÜHR, RUDOLF, Zweck und Zier. Antike Taschen aus dem Kaukasus und Nordwest-Persien. Traunstein 2010, Abb. S.58 *** RIPPON BOSWELL, A 84, 31.05.2014, #177
RIPPON BOSWELL, A 65, 28.05.2005, #73
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