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A DOROSHK CARPET A PICTORIAL DOROSHK CARPET
NORTH EAST PERSIA, DATED AH 1274/1856-57 AD NORTH EAST PERSIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Localised areas of repair in the upper field, otherwise good condition Of 'Tree of life' design, with figural portraits in niches around the borders, It appears to have been common practice for the workshop of Shaykh 'Abd
11ft.1in. x 8ft.2in. (339cm. x 250cm.) overall very good condition al-Qadir to lavish praise on the former Sultan Nader Shah within their carpet
10ft.7in. x 7ft. (322cm. x 214cm.)
£12,000-16,000 US$14,000-18,000 inscriptions, as seen on a carpet of similar pictorial design, sold at Sotheby's
€14,000-18,000 £8,000-12,000 US$9,400-14,000 London, 14 October 1998, lot 130. In addition to the verses above, that carpet
€9,300-14,000 makes mention that it was; By the Order of His Excellency, exalted in dignity,
Apart from the date, the inscription within the cartouche remains illegible. Mr Mirza Zaki. Both carpets are woven with a very distinctive, caricature-
The inscription cartouche reads;
like hand with a portrait gallery of head shots comprising their main border,
dar ‘ahd-e abad moddat-e soltan nader shah khallada alla[h molkahu] 1159
however, neither carpet was woven in the 18th century but are more in
‘During the eternal reign of Sultan Nadir Shah, may God perpetuate [his
keeping with carpets woven in the last decades of the 19th century.
kingdom], 1159 (1746-7)’
dar kar-khaneh-ye shaykh ‘abd ol-qader dorokhsh
‘In the factory of Shaykh ‘Abd al-Qadir Doroshk’
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