CENTRAL PERSIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

The combination of repeating lozenges each with individual shrubs or other floral devices, is reminiscent of 18th century Khorasan carpets, and the exquisite colouring, create a dazzling kaleidoscopic field design. A 'Mohtasham' carpet even closer to the 18th century Khorasan prototype than the present lot and likely woven a few years earlier, sold in these rooms on 7 October 2010, lot 210, achieving a record price at auction for a carpet of this type.