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Painting of Cyrus the Great, painted by carpet designer Taqi Zadeh, Persian painting on board [Berlin, dated 1919] single leaf, depicting the ruler set against a striking blue background, framed within an elaborately decorated polychrome border illuminated in gilt, small text-block below the image with inscription in Farsi, overall very clean and crisp condition, total 420 by 320 mm. Provenance: This was gifted directly by the artist to the German Ambassador to Iran in Berlin in the year 1919, as recorded in the inscription below the image. Illustration: A striking painting of Cyrus the Great, the first Emperor of the Persian Empire, painted by renowned carpet designer Taqi Zadeh. The design and intricacies of the border are reminiscent of fine Persian carpets, unusually merging the arts of border illumination with carpet design.
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Manik Prahbu Maharaj, illuminated painting on card, Sikh influences [India (possibly Rajasthan), last quarter of nineteenth century] single leaf, gouache on card, heightened in gilt, depicting the Maharaja seated on a carpet with a female devotee in waiting, upper edges of image rather creased with chips to paint, framed in blue and gilt border, upper edge of image cropped, 180 by 160 mm.; mounted on paper, tipped onto modern card mount Provenance: From a private northern English collection. Illustration: Manik Prahbu Maharaj (1817-1865) was a Hindu saint and guru whose philosophies, known as the Sakalamata Siddhanta, advocated the unity of all religions. He had both Hindi and Muslim devotees and his teachings were copied in Marathi, Kannada, Hindi, Urdi and Sanskrit.
Vilaval Ragini, Nur Jahan with two attendants in waiting, Indian miniature painting on card, Deccani school [India (Deccan), c. 1750] single leaf, depicting Nur Jahan Begum seated against a bolster on an ornate carpet with two attendants in waiting, one of these holding up a mirror in which Nur's reflection can be seen, exceptional detail to faces and jewellery adorning the ladies, small flowered garden in the foreground and a pavillion in the background, a few small chips to paint with fractional loss, overall very good condition, framed within album page with gilt decorative borders (rather faded), total 300 by 220 mm.; framed and glazed, with typescript label and copy of Maggs catalogue descripton pasted to reverse Provenance: Purchased from Maggs Bros, their Bulletin 27 (June 1977), no. 13.
Chinese bone model of a flower boat, Canton, probably late 19th century, the interior with furniture and painted carpet, the sides and top pierced with fretwork surmounted with figures and plants, the entrance inscribed with calligraphy, the back of the boat with lanterns, flags and plants, on a silk mounted plinth and black painted oval wooden base, within a glass dome, 46.5cm long including wooden stand, 39cm high including glass dome
An antique Persian carpet - removed from a Cambridge College, possibly early 20th century from North West Persia - 8.45metres x 4.33 metres - finely woven with approx 15000 knots per sq. metre - wool pile knotted on a cotton warp foundation with two thin locking weft threads per row, rather hard wool pile cut very flat to give excellent clarity - the rug is in reasonable condition for its age but damaged in some areas, the pile is unevenly worn and several low areas indicate pile corrosion, there are no dramatic colour variations, with old restorations - Provenance - Tabriz is most likely origin of the carpet, nearby Najafabad of Sarouq - There are two similar rugs , The Ardabil, which hang in the V and A museum and one in Los Angeles
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