A Karabagh long rug, South Caucasus
A Karabagh long rug, South Caucasus The shaded red field with horizontal columns of stylised bold horse and dog figures surrounded by small animal and floral motifs, in lilac hooked S-motif narrow border between barber-pole stripes, small old repairs, slightly corroded black 299cm. x
Lot #: 1
Estimate: £600 - £900
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A fine Heriz carpet, North-West Persia
A fine Heriz carpet, North-West Persia The shaded light rust-red field with angular vine issuing hooked leaves and flowerheads around hooked and stepped deep indigo medallion with bold palmette pendants containing polychrome palmette vine enclosing terracotta radiating floral centrepiece, ivory
Lot #: 2
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Date: 26 Sep 2001
An unusual Lilihan kelleh, West Persia
An unusual Lilihan kelleh, West Persia The abrashed dusty-pink field with central cusped shaded indigo pole medallion, in abrashed blue chequered border, outer plain stripe, very slight localized wear, small old repairs 384cm. x 173cm.(12ft.7in. x 5ft.8in
Lot #: 3
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A Bakhtiari kelleh of Garden design, West Persia
A Bakhtiari kelleh of Garden design, West Persia The shaded blue field with overall design of stylised angular floral sprays around large multicoloured panels containing, similar floral sprays, trees, palmettes and stepped floral motifs, in shaded sang-de-boeuf border of palmette and leafy vine
Lot #: 4
Estimate: £600 - £900
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A fine Tabriz carpet, North-West Persia
A fine Tabriz carpet, North-West Persia The ivory field with overall design of angular vine issuing bold polychrome palmettes and large leaves together with angular floral meander, in light blue border of similar design between palmette and arabesque stripes, outer floral meander and plain stripes
Lot #: 5
Estimate: £1,400 - £1,800
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A fine Qum carpet of Garden design, Central Persia
A fine Qum carpet of Garden design, Central Persia The field with various polychrome rectangular and square panels containing multicoloured palmettes, stylised floral prayer panels and floral medallions, in ice-blue border of rosettes, floral and leafy vine between floral arabesques and plain
Lot #: 6
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A Tabriz carpet, North-West Persia
A Tabriz carpet, North-West Persia The shaded brick-red field with overall design of meandering floral vine issuing bold polychrome palmettes and serrated leaves, in broad ivory border of similar design between indigo angular palmette vine and plain stripes, slight wear 373cm. x 283cm.(12ft.3in. x
Lot #: 7
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A fine Tabriz carpet, North-West Persia
A fine Tabriz carpet, North-West Persia The indigo field with stylised floral and cypress trees around light blue and brick-red medallion with bold palmette pendants containing delicate floral arabesques enclosing pole shape centrepiece, spandrels similar, in an indigo border of polychrome arabesque
Lot #: 8
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A fine Sarouk carpet, West Persia
A fine Sarouk carpet, West Persia The soft raspberry-red field with overall design of scrolling arabesques issuing bold palmettes together with delicate scrolling floral vine, in an ivory border of similar design between floral meander, lozenge and plain stripes, very good condition 357cm. x
Lot #: 9
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A fine Heriz carpet, North-West Persia
A fine Heriz carpet, North-West Persia The sang-de-boeuf field with angular palmette and leafy vine around stepped shaded indigo medallion with bold hooked palmette pendants containing palmette cartouches enclosing dusky-pink and green radiating floral centrepiece, ivory spandrels similar, in shaded
Lot #: 10
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A fine Tabriz carpet, North-West Persia
A fine Tabriz carpet, North-West Persia The shaded tomato-red field with overall design of bold polychrome palmettes and fleur-de-Lys together with delicate floral amd leafy tendrils, in an ivory border of similar design between palmette and cloudband stripes, outer ribbon and plain stripes, very
Lot #: 11
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A fine Sarouk carpet, West Persia
A fine Sarouk carpet, West Persia The shaded light terracotta field with scrolling arabesques issuing polychrome palmettes together with delicate meandering floral tendrils around concentric indigo medallion with pendants containing palmette arabesques and similar smaller centrepiece, beige and blue
Lot #: 12
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A Tabriz carpet, North-West Persia
A Tabriz carpet, North-West Persia The light rust field with bold polychrome palmettes and stylised scrolling floral arabesques around large indigo medallion with palmette pendants containing palmette and leafy vine enclosing light blue floral centrepiece, spandrels similar, in borad indigo border
Lot #: 13
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A fine Sarouk runner, West Persia
A fine Sarouk runner, West Persia the light rose-red field with overall design of delicate scrolling floral and leafy vine issuing polychrome palmettes, in an ivory palmette and rosette vine border between light blue floral meander and plain stripes, very good condition 543cm. x 86cm.(17ft.10in. x
Lot #: 14
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A fine Malayir runner, West Persia
A fine Malayir runner, West Persia The shaded deep indigo field with overall diagonal rows of large angular floral boteh together with palmettes and flowering vine, in shaded sea-green border of polychrome rosettes and floral meander between rust hooked boteh and plain stripes, good condition 590cm
Lot #: 15
Estimate: £900 - £1,300
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A fine Karaja runner, North-West Persia
A fine Karaja runner, North-West Persia The shaded rust field with single column of eleven hooked and serrated floral medallions flanked by various angular floral motifs, in an ivory border of polychrome rosettes between light blue and ivory floral meander and barber-pole stripes, very slight
Lot #: 16
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Date: 26 Sep 2001
An antique Bijar runner, North-West Persia
An antique Bijar runner, North-West Persia The shaded indigo field with overall design of various polychrome palmettes, angular floral vine and hooked leaves together with small rosettes, in shaded brick-red border of rosettes and serrated leaf vine between ivory palmette vine stripes, outer plain
Lot #: 17
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A Senneh runner, West Persia
A Senneh runner, West Persia The shaded indigo field with overall design of bold polychrome hooked palmettes, hooked leaves and hooked lozenges, in narrow rust border of palmette vine between barber-pole stripes, possible loss of main border, slight localized wear 527cm. x 74cm.(17ft.4in. x
Lot #: 18
Estimate: £700 - £900
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A fine Bakhtiari runner, West Persia
A fine Bakhtiari runner, West Persia The light blue and dark sea-green field with single column of lozenge shaped indigo and terracotta medallion with pendants, each containing bold hooked palmette centrepiece flanked by small panel vine and half palmette at each side, in an ivory border of bold
Lot #: 19
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A fine Kashan Carpet, Central Persia
A fine Kashan Carpet, Central Persia The light eau-de-Nil field with overall design of floral arabesques issuing various palmettes together with delicate palmette and leafy tendrils, in eau-de-Nil border of similar design between ivory palmette and arabesque stripes, outer floral and plain stripes
Lot #: 20
Estimate: £2,500 - £3,500
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A fine Tabriz Garden carpet, North-West Persia
A fine Tabriz Garden carpet, North-West Persia The field with multicoloured square panels containing various polychrome flowering trees, floral prayer panels, birds and landscape, in beige border of animal and floral cartouches together with delicate leafy tendrils between palmette arabesque
Lot #: 21
Estimate: £2,200 - £3,200
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A fine Tabriz arpet, North-West Persia
A fine Tabriz arpet, North-West Persia The indigo field with angular floral vine, bold hooked palmettes and leaves around large ivory floral medallion with palmette pendants containing similar smaller peach medallion with floral centrepiece, large polychrome palmette in each corner, in broad peach
Lot #: 22
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A fine Bijar carpet, West Persia
A fine Bijar carpet, West Persia The shaded brick-red field with stylised floral vases, palmette and leafy vine around shaped medallion with pendats containing palmette cartouches and rosettes enclosing radiating floral centrepiece, spandrels similar, in an indigo border of polychrome palmettes
Lot #: 24
Estimate: £2,200 - £3,200
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A Heriz carpet, North-West Persia
A Heriz carpet, North-West Persia The shaded rust field with bold angular scrolling palmette and leafy vine around large indigo floral medallion with serrated palmette pendants enclosing smaller dusty-pink radiating floral centrepiece, ivory spandrels similar, in an indigo border of stylised
Lot #: 25
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A fine Tabriz carpet, North-West Persia
A fine Tabriz carpet, North-West Persia The light rust field with delicate floral and leafy vine issuing polychrome palmettes around light blue concentric medallion with pendants containing similar design enclosing similar smaller centrepice, ivory arabesque and palmette spandrels, in light blue
Lot #: 26
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A fine Isfahan carpet, Central Persia
A fine Isfahan carpet, Central Persia The shaded-sea blue field with overall design of delicate scrolling floral and leafy vine issuing various polychrome palmettes together with cloudbands, in shaded brick-red border of bold palmettes, arabesques and leafy vine between ivory and indigo similar
Lot #: 27
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A fine Tabriz carpet, North-West Persia
A fine Tabriz carpet, North-West Persia The shaded raspberry-red field with overall design of scrolling vine issuing polychrome bold palmettes, fleur-de-Lys and leafy sprays together with delicate scrolling floral tendrils and floral vases, in an ivory border of palmettes, fleur-de-Lys and angular
Lot #: 28
Estimate: £1,800 - £2,500
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A fine Javan Amir Khis Tabriz carpet, North-West Persia
A fine Javan Amir Khis Tabriz carpet, North-West Persia The light pistachio-green field with various stylised flowering trees, animals and birds around pale yellow medallion with pendants containing arabesques and delicate floral tendrils enclosing light blue floral and bird centrepiece, in light
Lot #: 29
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A fine antique Bijar carpet, West Persia
A fine antique Bijar carpet, West Persia The rust-red field with overall stylised Gul-Farang design of polychrome shaped floral panels together with delicate flowering vine, in an indigo border of polychrome turtle-palmettes and angular floral vine between ivory floral meander stripes, outer zig-zag
Lot #: 30
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Date: 26 Sep 2001
A fine Kirman carpet, South Persia
A fine Kirman carpet, South Persia The light blue field with stylised Ardebil design of meandering floral vine around concentric medallion with mosque lamp pendants issuing multiple floral palmettes, open spandrels similar in light blue border of pale rust floral cartouches, rosettes and delicate
Lot #: 31
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000
Date: 26 Sep 2001
