Christie's (London)
Rugs and Carpets -- Battilossi Tappeti d'Antiquariato
Wednesday, 11 February, 1998

Lot 26

A HERIZ CARPET
NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1900

The ivory field with delicate leafy vine around a large cusped concentric indigo and dusty pink octafoil medallion with pendants containing similar motifs and pistachio-green waisted panels radiating from the central sea-green starburst flowerhead, the large linked shaded brick-red and light blue spandrels containing angular floral sprays, in an indigo turtle-palmette and angular flowering vine border between olive-green and ivory floral meander stripes, areas of very slight wear, negligible loss at one end, other end with restored guard stripe.
8ft.6in. x 9ft.4in. (259cm. x 283cm .)

Est.: £10,000-15,000, US$17,000-25,000

Sold for £14,950

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