A FINE ANTIQUE BAKHTIARI CARPET, the field with vertical ivory and brick-red narrow vertical meander stripes, in a shaded blue boteh and vase border, an inscription cartouche at one end, between golden yellow and brick-red narrow meander and zigzag stripes (areas of wear, damage and loss at each end)

细节

A FINE ANTIQUE BAKHTIARI CARPET, the field with vertical ivory and brick-red narrow vertical meander stripes, in a shaded blue boteh and vase border, an inscription cartouche at one end, between golden yellow and brick-red narrow meander and zigzag stripes (areas of wear, damage and loss at each end)
15ft.2in. x 9ft.5in. (461cm. x 286cm.)

拍品专文

The inscription reads 'to the order of Moqareb al-Khaqan (the cobnfidant of the Shah) Ghulam Husayn Khan Bakhtiari in the month of Rajab 1310 (January 1893 AD). A very similar Bakhtiari carpet but with a red border and large black spandrels, made for the same patron two years later was sold in these Rooms, 24 April 1980, lot 12. This carpet is made with an unusually fine weave, similar to that of the best carpets from Fereghan