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Click here to subscribePair of large attractive Shahsavan ghileem mafrashes, north west Persia/south Caucasian borders, circa 1930s-40s, 3ft. 7in. X 1ft. 9in. X 1ft. 11in. 2.09m. X 0.54m. X 0.33m. Small holes and repairs in places. Panels of one to be joined together; presently just rouighly fastened at each corner. Bands of ;large, bold hooked medallions with narrow bands of stepped medallions and ivory 'S' motif guard; terracotta, ivory and pink banded flatweave base. (2)
Fine Senneh rug, north west Persia, circa 1930s, 6ft. 6in. X 4ft. 6in. 1.98m. X 1.37m. Ivory field with terracotta inner medallion and dark blue centre medallion; dark blue spandrels; all over herati design; terracotta palmette and floral main border, mid-blue floral guards. Pale yellow and ivory details.
Tabriz pictorial rug with inscriptions, north west Persia, early 20th century, 4ft. 3in. X 2ft. 7in. 1.30m. X 0.79m. Slight wear in places; small repair to centre. The ivory field closely filled with small boteh around a central figure in the countryside by a pond holding aloft a Zoroastrian emblem, the dark blue main border with regal portraits and inscriptions in cartouches either side of the central figure; lions, other animals and birds in cartouches in the main border; pale blue floral outer guard.
Anatolian chequered flatweave, second half 20th century, 7ft. 6in. X 4ft. 11in. 2.29m. X 1.50m. Few small repairs. The field composed of dark green and purple chequered design within a brocaded border of triangles in ivory and dark brown with fringing to all sides. Together with Obruk prayer kelim, west Anatolia, late 19th/early 20th century, 5ft. 2in. X 3ft. 5in. 1.58m. X 1.04m. Overall wear with some holes; losses to end. Now on a fabric backing. And a Maras zili technique and brocaded flatweave banded ala cuval, south east Anatolia, circa 1920s-30s, 4ft. 6in. X 3ft. 2in. 1.37m. X 0.97m. Small holes; crude repairs; losses to ends and sides. Cf. Www.marlamallett.com/bags. The Varieties of Tribal Bags and Panels where a very similar ala cuval is illustrated. (3)
Talish rug, (reduced), south east Caucasus, late 19th century, 6ft. 4in. x 3ft. 6in. 1.93m. X 1.07m. Reduced in length by horizontal cut at the lower end of the field. Overall even wear; reweaves to field in places; re-fringed. Terracotta field with all over small stars in various colours; wide ivory rosette main border; terracotta and pale blue rosette guards.
Karaja runner, north west Persia, circa 1930s, 16ft. 3in. X 3ft. 1in. 4.95m. X 0.94m. Some wear in places; slight loss to top end; outer guard missing lower end; repairs in places with fabric strips verso. Dark blue field, plain except for a single column of stepped medallions; ivory leaf and calyx main border camel and dark blue rosette guards.
Two south Persian rugs, the first, Fars, south west Persia, mid-20th century, 4ft. 10in. X 3ft. 5in. 1.47m. X 1.04m. Slight loss to ends; some colour run evident verso. Triple pole medallion in camel and light blue on a terracotta field; dark blue spandrels and ivory medallion main border. Bright green details; the second, Afshar, Kerman area, south east Persia, circa 1930s, 4ft. 9in. X 3ft. 5in. 1.45m. X 1.04m. Overall wear; losses to ends. Dark blue centre step-sided medallion with similar inner medallion; animals and medallions in the terracotta spandrels and frame; narrow ivory border. (2)
Mashad carpet with all over mina-khani design, Khorasan, north east Persia, mid-20th century, 12ft. 4in. X 9ft. 11in. 3.76m. X 3.02m. Reweaves to lower left side; very minor, very small surface marks in places. Red field with all over mina-khani design; dark blue main border of mina-khani design; ivory, pale apricot and mid-blue floral guards. Robust handle.
Kashan carpet, west Persia, circa 1950s, 14ft. 5in. X 9ft. 10in. 4.40m. X 3m. Slight fading to the top end; two small darker areas each end where a table has been standing. Light red field with central dark blue/purply central medallion with ivory inner medallion; ivory, pale blue and dark blue-purply spandrels; all over flowers and foliage repeated in the dark blue/purply main border with pale blue and ivory floral guards. In good pile with robust handle.
Kurdish rug, north west Persia, early 20th century, 6ft. 6in. X 3ft. 11in. 1.98m. X 1.20m. Overall wear with corrosion to dark browns; tiny spots of old moth damage; losses to ends.Dark blue panelled field, each panel with a serrated edge medallion in a variety of colours; dark brown inner leaf and floral border; ivory trailing vine outer border.
Fachralo Kazak rug, south west Caucasus, late 19th/early 20th century, 5ft. 10in. X 5ft. 1.78m. X 1.52m. Overall wear, heavy in places with splits/tears to field; some repairs and losses to ends. Terracotta field with two large hooked medallions; two animals and a human figure at the top end; smaller figures in the field; ivory medallion main border; pale green inner border and dark blue outer border. In need of sympathetic restoration.
Gendje lattice rug, south east Caucasus, late 19th/early 20th century, 7ft. X 4ft. 2in. 2.13m. X 1.27m. Crease mark to lower end. The yellow field with all over stars within a terracotta and pale blue lattice; a small flowering plant to left side centre; wide ivory main border of serrated edge medallions in various colours; dark brown diagonal leaf guards and terracotta and pale green reciprocal medachyl outer guard. In good pile with lustrous wool, vibrant palette and soft handle. Cf. Bennett, I. Op. Cit. P. 142, pl. 155 for a very similar example.
Baluchi rug, north Afghanistan, circa 1930s-40s, 6ft. 3in. X 3ft. 7in. 1.91m. X 1.09m. Some wear in places with areas of old moth damage. Drk blue field with three camel and red step-sided and fret medallions; all over arrowhead motifs; twin borders of 'C' brackets in dark red and ivory; dark brown and blue guards.
Kurdish rug, (reduced\) north west Persia, circa 1920s, 5ft. 7in. X 3ft. 5in. 1.70m. X 1.04m. Overall wear with corrosion to dark brown; losses to ends; reduced in length by horizontal cut at the top end; hessian and faberic tape to all edges verso. Blue/black field with all over flowering plants; dark brown main border of boteh motifs and ivory floral guards.
Hamadan runner, north west Persia, circa 1930s, 12ft. 9in. X 3ft. 6in. 3.89m. X 1.07m. Overall wear, heavy in places; losses and 'bites' to both ends. Indigo field with all over geometric design; ivory ribbon leaf main border. Together with an Uzbek ghudjeri (warp-faced patterned flatweave), circa 1930s-40s, 11ft. 3in. X 5ft. 9in. 3.43m. X 1.75m. Overall fading and wear with holes in places. Traditional design of horizontal bands of plainweave and geometric motifs. (2)
Senneh rug, north west Persia, circa 1930s-40s, 6ft. 4in. X 4ft. 4in. 1.93m. X 1.32m. Reweaves to lower right corner and reweaves/repairs to top end. Step-sided and striped ivory field with dark blue step-sided centre medallion featuring four tribesmen; small camels and other animals with riders; dark blue spandrels filled with herati design; narrow dark blue main border of medallions and flowers; terracotta floral guards.
Two Ersari Turkmen rugs, north east Afghanistan, circa 1930s-40s, the first, 7ft. 3in. X 3ft. 8in. 2.21m. X 1.12m. Overall even wear. Three rows of twelve ivory quartered guls on a dark red field; multiple borders; the second a 4 x 14 gul rug, 6ft. X 4ft. 10in. 1.83m. X 1.47m. Overall wear and fading with losses to ends. (2)
Yomut Turkmen ensi, Turkmenistan, early 20th century, 5ft. 8in. X 5ft. 1.73m. X 1.52m. Slight wear in places with corrosion to browns; small spots of repiling. The four panels woven with the pekvesh motif within a terracotta medallion main border enclosed by ivory syrga-pattern guards on all four sides; the lower wide elem with two bands of the Yomut 'fir' tree design. Soft palette and soft handle.
Kazak triple medallion rug, south west Caucasus, late 19th/early 20th century, 6ft. 7in. X 4ft. 11in. 2.01m. X 1.50m. Minimal wear; narrow vertical strips of repiling to lower end; other small repairs and crease marks in places. Terracotta field with three centre octagons with hooked medallions within; filler ornaments of small animals, rosettes and two pale gold hooked motifs; ivory main border of medallion and bracket design; mid-blue guards of small quartered medallions; inner pale green stripe of florets. Lustrous wool in a rich palette; soft handle.
Saraband carpet, north west Persia, circa 1940s-50s, 10ft. 1in. X 6ft. 7in. 3.07m. X 2.01m. Overall wear, heavier in some places; slight losses to ends. Diamond-shape terracotta field and ivory spandrels with all over small boteh motifs; ivory main border of meandering boteh vine; pale blue, dark brown and terracotta narrow guards.
Tabriz pictorial carpet, signed, north west Persia, circa 1950s-60s, 12ft. 7in. X 9ft. 11in. 3.84m. X 3.02m. Signed in the top outer guard. Slight wear in places; some colour run.The field with central pale pink and mid-blue cartouche shaped medallion with birds and flowers surrounded by panels and cartouches of kings; guards, vases, columns, birds, flowers and foliage; ivory main border of deer playing among flowers and foliage. Robust handle.
Ersari Turkmen 3 x 3 gul chuval face, south west Turkmenistan, late 19th/early 20th century, 3ft. X 5ft. 4in. 0.91m. X 1.63m. Overall even wear. The guls divided by chemche motifs, alternately light blue and dark brown; pale green inner border; hooked medallion main border with small flowering plants in the lower elem. Good range of colour including dark blue, light blue, bluey/green; aubergine/dark red. Tiny yellow and ivory details. Fine velvety wool.
Erivan rug, Armenia, central Caucasus, mid-20th century, 6ft. 9in. X 4ft. 10in. 2.05m. X 1.47m. Small holes and splits in places; losses to lower end. Terracotta field with rows of prayer arches and angular floral forms; narrow ivory hooked medallion main border and mid-blue and yellow guards. Dark palette.
Two Baluchi rugs, Khorasan, north east Persia, circa 1940s-50s, the first, 4ft. 6in. x 2ft, 10in. 1.37m. x 0.86m. Crease marks to top end. Ivory field with all over floral motifs; a coffee pot in each corner; ivory latchhook main border; wide brown guards of geometric motifs; the flatweave ends very finely brocaded. The second a prayer rug, 5ft. x 2ft. 11in. 1.52m. x 0.89m. Slight wear; slight loss to ends. The apricot mihrab with stylized tree of life repeated in the hand panels at the top; narrow borders. Together with a machine made rug of Ghiordes prayer rug design. (3)
Bordjalou Kazak prayer rug, south west Caucasus, late 19th century, 4ft. 4in. X 3ft. 4in. 1.32m. X 1.02m. Repairs to small crease marks to sides. Rich terracotta mihrab with two dark blue lozanges and two pale green lozenges in the field with filler ornaments of flowerheads and four animals at the lower end. The prayer arch with an ivory cartouche with a date 1312 (AH) [1894 AD] with a 9 either side; ivory main border of foliate X motifs in a variety of colours; dark brown trailing vine outer border. An exquisite little rug with lustrous wool in a rich and vibrant palette; soft handle. Cf. Bennett, I. Oriental Rugs, Vol. 1. Caucasian, p. 65, pl. 49 for a Bordjalou Kazak of similar format. See back cover.
Nejafabad carpet with a later inset inscription for Seirafian, Esfahan district, south west Persia, circa 1930s-40s 12ft. 11in. X 8ft. 6in. 3.94m. X 2.59m. Slight wear in places. Ivory cartouche shape field with light red and pale blue centre medallion, surrounded by arabesques of flowers and foliage; light red and dark blue spandrels; wide light red floral main border within ivory and dark blue floral guards; the outer dark blue guard with a later inset panel at the lower end inscribed Seirafian, Esfahan.
Ladik prayer rug, central Anatolia, second half 19th century, 4ft. 4in. X 2ft. 11in. 1.32m. X 0.89m. Overall wear, heavier in some places; small holes and repairs; losses to ends. The field panelled and with tulip motifs each end within prayer arches; narrow ivory rosette borders divided by a narrow pale blue ribbon border. Soft palette and soft handle.
Fine rug by the Arab-Cherpanlu tireh of the Qashqa'i Confederation, Fars, south west Persia, late 19th century, 7ft. 5in. X 4ft. 2in. 2.26m. X 1.27m. Overall even wear; small repairs in places; losses to ends. Dark blue serrated edge field with ivory centre medallion with the Qashqa'i emblem; the field with a variation of the herati design and various comical birds; the corners alternately pale blue and ivory with jewelled boteh motifs and small birds; rosettes and flowers; triple narrow borders in caramel, ivory and terracotta with small variously coloured boteh motifs; chequered ends. Very finely woven with close clipped velvety wool; rich palette and soft handle.
Attractive Ghiordes prayer rug, west Anatolia, late 19th century, 7ft. 1in. X 4ft. 9in. 2.16m. X 1.45m. Overall even wear with corrosion to dark brown; slight loss to ends. Pale green mihrab with pale blue spandrels above the arch and rectangular panels at the base filled with pale pink floral motifs; dark brown floral inner border; narrow pale pink and ivory floral guards and pale green flowerhead and leaf outer border. Cf. Zipper & Fritzsche, Oriental Rugs, Vol. 4, Turkish. p. 36. pl. 35. For a very similar rug.
Kurdish runner, (reduced) west Persia, circa 1920-30s, 13ft. 3in. X 3ft. 1in. 4.04m. X 0.94m. Reduced in length by horizontal cut at lower end of field; over all wear with some crease marks. Blue/green field with six large ivory stepped medallions with flowerhead centres; many small filler ornaments including small birds; light red floral main border and blue/green and ivory narrow floral guards.
Tekke Turkmen chyrpy, Turkmenistan or Afghanistan, early 20th century, dark blue silk heavily embroidered in traditional fashion in yellow, red and ivory with silk fringing to hem. Unlined. together with another Tekke Turkmen chyrpy, mid-20th century, black silk with traditional embroidery, lined with printed cotton. (2)
North west Persian runner, Karaja district, circa 1930s, 16ft. 3in. X 3ft. 3in. 4.95m. X 1m. Overall wear with corrosion to dark brown in places; small spots of old moth damage; few reweaves; reselvedged. Stencil no. S16855 lower end verso. Ivory field with single row of large medallions; many filler ornaments of tiny tribesmen, birds and flowers; wide red floral main border.
Bordjalou Kazak long rug, south west Caucasus, late 19th/early 20th century, 10ft. X 4ft. 3.05m. X 1.22m. Some wear in places with corrosion to dark brown; lower end borders rewoven. Terracotta field with central row of large hooked medallions and half medallions extending out of the field to each side; ivory and dark brown reciprocal foliate main border; pink and pale green running dog outer border. Lustrous wool; soft handle.
Kurdish rug, Hamadan area, north west Persia, circa 1930s, 6ft. 8in. X 4ft. 3in. 2.03m. X 1.30m. Some wear in places with crease marks to field; losses to top end. Dark blue diamond shape field with columns of flowerheads and leaves; pale pink star motif spandrels; ivory trailing vine main border and terracotta guards.
Luri rug, Fars Province, south west Persia, late 19th/early 20th century, 9ft. 2in. X 4ft. 8in. 2.80m. X 1.42m. Some wear in places; repaired crease marks to field; other small crease marks, with fabric patches verso. Dark blue field with two vertical rows of ivory outlined hooked hexagons with centre vertical row of dark blue hexagons; the lower complete hexagon featuring a tribesman 'au naturel'; multiple narrow borders. Lustrous wool; rich, colourful palette and soft handle.
Yahyali rug, central Anatolia, mid-20th century, 7ft. 11in. X 4ft. 3in. 2.41m. X 1.30m. Overall wear; crease marks in places; slight loss to ends. Dark blue field with large soft pink centre medallion with pale blue inner medallion; ivory hooked medallion to each side; small medallions in the field; pale pink main border, ivory and dark blue ribbon guards.
Attractive Karachov Kazak rug, south west Caucasus, early 20th century, 7ft. 1in. X 4ft. 3in. 2.16m. X 1.30m. Very small hole and small crease mark to lower end. Mid-blue field with centre row of medallions in ivory and terracotta within a pale greeny/gold step-sided band of 'S' motifs; minor ornaments in the field including two animals to each side centre; ivory main border of stepped conjoined medallions. Lustrous wool, good colour and soft handle.
Three South Persian rugs, both circa 1930s; the first Afshar, Kerman area, south east Persia, 4ft. 5in. X 3ft. 2in. 1.35m. X 0.97m. Overall even wear with losses to ends; the second, Fars rug, Shiraz area, south west Persia, 3ft. 6in. X 3ft. 5in. 1.07m,. X 1.04m. Overall wear and corrosion with losses to ends. The third, Afshar rug, Kerman area, south east Persia, early 20th century, 4ft. 11in. x 4ft. 3in. 1.50m. x 1.30m. Overall wear with losses to ends. Repairs in places; fabric tape to each end verso. Dark blue field with all over boteh motifs; narrow ivory trailing floral main border and medallion outer guard. (3)
Fine Chichi rug, Kuba district, north east Caucasus, second half 19th century, 6ft. 4in. x 4ft. 1.93m. X 1.22m. Overall even wear; slight corrosion in places; few small surface marks. Dark greeny/blue field with typical Chichi horizontal rows of medallions; narrow ivory star and lozenge main border; dark red striped secondary borders; ivory ribbon inner guard; terracotta and pale yellow medachyl inner frame and terracotta and light blue medachyl outer border. Finely woven with close clipped velvety wool.
Sarab runner, north west Persia, circa 1930s-40s, 9ft. 9in. X 2ft. 9in. 2.97m. X 0.84m. Red field with pale blue lozenge shape pole medallions in the centre; inner red geometric border; ivory main border of small squares and floral sprays; pale blue and aubergine reciprocal medachyl outer border.
Fars rug by the Basseri tribe of the Khamseh Confederacy, Fars, south west Persia, late 19th/early 20th century, 6ft. 7in. X 4ft. 11in. 2.01m. x 1.50m. Slight wear in places. Terracotta step-sided field with triple pole medallion in pale green and dark blue each with the Qashqa'i emblem within, all over flowerheads, rosettes and medallions with small elongated birds hiding in the field; pale blue frame; with pale blue spandrels with small floral boteh; ivory angular floral main border; dark blue floral guards. Lustrous wool; colourful palette and soft handle. Cf. Parham, C. Masterpieces of Fars Rugs, pp. 136-137; pl. 47.
Attractive Esfahan rug, central Persia, first quarter 20th century, 7ft. X 4ft. 10in. 2.13m. X 1.47m. Slight wear in places with slight loss to ends. Dark blue cartouche shape field with terracotta inner medallion with pale blue strapwork and flowerhead design; flowers in the field and ivory palmettes in the terracotta spandrels; terracotta floral and palmette main border ; dark blue floral guards. Close clipped velvety wool.
A Royal Worcester two handled pedestal oval vase, printed and painted with marguerites and harebells on a blush ivory ground, 14cm high, printed mark, shape 2036, date code 1903; a Royal Worcester lobed ovoid vase, 6cm high, printed mark, shape 867, date 1913; a Royal Worcester rare lily pad pin dish, 9.5cm diam, shape 3602; a spherical footed open pot pourri, shape 991, date code 1906 (4)
A large Royal Worcester ovoid potpourri vase and cover, painted with hellebores in tones of yellow, pink and purple, daisies and further foliage, outlined in gilt on a blush ivory ground, pierced minaret cover with pointed finial above a frieze moulded in shallow relief with caryatids and scrolling bellhusks, the shoulder with a ropetwist and scroll border, inner-cover, circular base, 34cm high, puce printed marks, shape no. 2048, date code for 1907
A Royal Worcester miniature mug, painted with a Great Tit, by Powell, signed, 3.75cm high, printed mark, date code for 1936; a Royal Worcester blush ivory miniature jug, printed and painted with flowers and foliage, printed mark in green, date code for 1909, a Royal Crown Derby miniature mug, painted flowers, 4cm high, printed mark, date code for 1901; etc
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