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A RARE AND FASCINATING ANTIQUE DESIGN (KING KHOSROW AND QUEEN SHIRIN) PICTORIAL RUG. THIS RARE PICTORIAL ILLUSTRATES AND IMMORTALISES THE LEGENDARY FIRST MEETING OF KHOSROW AND SHIRIN, THE LEGENDARY CROSSED LOVERS WHO DOMINATED PRE-ISLAMIC POLITICS AND ROMANCE IN THE 6TH CENTURY. HE WAS THE SASSANIAN KING OF PERSIA AND SHIRIN WAS THE QUEEN OF ARMENIA AND THEIR FATE WAS TOLD IN AN EPIC POEM BY NIZAMI IN THE 12TH CENTURY. IT IS AND INCREDIBLE HISTORY OF PERSIAN EMPIRE THAT STILL IS STILL EXISTING AMONGST THE PERSIAN TRIBAL WEAVERS SINCE THE 19TH CENTURY, THIS GREAT EXAMPLE WAS WOVEN CIRCA 1960S AND IT IS IN A FANTASTIC GALLERY CONDITION HAND KNOTTED WITH 100% HAND SPUN WOOL AND 100% ORGANIC DYES, WOOLLEN PILE, WARP AND WEFT. VERY COLLECTABLE AND RARE. CARPET. EX GALLERY RUG. SIZE: 370 X 128 CM RRP $6,900 - ORIGIN: IRAN DOCUMENTATION OF AUTHENTICITY INCLUDED.
Unsold
Lot 1125
Estimate $1,900 - $2,600
The Auction Salon: Furniture
AUCTION
Sale: LJW8407
10:00am - 14 April 2022
Auction online only
VIEWING
Wednesday 13 April, 9am - 7pm
333 Malvern Road, South Yarra VIC
with Petite Modern Design viewing at 4 University Place, Clayton VIC
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