Page 157 - 2021 April 1, ART OF THE ISLAMIC AND Indian Worlds Including Oriental Rugs, Christie's London

CONFIGURATION OF
THE KIRMAN ‘VASE’ CARPET
FRAGMENTS

1. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 1
Approximately 207cm. x 95cm.
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Inv. No.64-2102
Bequeathed by Mrs Holmes, Dec. 1964
2. The Musée Historique des Tissus, Lyon
Approximately 329cm. x 167cm.
Inv. No.28.153
Acquired via Antoine G. Brimo, Constantinople, late 19th c.
3. Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Approximately 230cm. x 165cm.
Inv. No.453-1884
Executors of William Wentworth Buller, April 1884
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4. Musée des Art Decoratifs, Paris
Approximately 422cm. x 167cm. 2
Inv. No. 10556
Donated by Jules Maciet, 1903
5. The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
Approximately 193cm. x 296cm.
Formerly the property of Colonel Norman Colville
Christie’s London, 5 April 2011, lot 103
6. Burrell Collection, Glasgow
Approximately 174cm. x 142cm.
Inv. No. 9.14 (three pieces forming lower left hand corner) 8
Acquired from Agop Balian, 1938
7. Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
8. Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin 3
Approximately 243cm. x 108cm.
Identification Nr.1 41/70a
Acquired 1970 from collection of Friedrich Sarre

9. Kunstindustreet Museum, Copenhagen
Approximately 106.5cm. x 37.5cm.
Inv. No. A 74.1920
Acquired from Kelebdjian, Paris

10. Christie’s London, 2 April 2020, lot 192
Approximately 267cm. x 168cm.
Acquired by present owner from
Private English Collection

11. The Louvre, Paris
Inv. No. MAO 491 B-1, 2 & 3 7 5 4
Publ. Beattie 1976, Cat. 40.

12. Private Middle Eastern Collection
Formerly in the Collection of Alice de Rothschild
Approximately 205cm. x 286cm.
Christie’s London, 19 April 2016, lot 100
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