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A TABRIZ RUG A TABRIZ CAPRET
NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890 SIGNED MAHMUD, NORTH WEST PERSIA,
CIRCA 1920
Full pile throughout, overall very good condition
5ft.11in. x 4ft.7in. (180cm. x 140cm.) With localised spots of wear, in overall very good
condition
£3,500-4,500 US$4,100-5,200 12ft.8in. x 9ft.4in. (385cm. x 285cm.)
€4,100-5,200
£5,000-7,000 US$5,800-8,000
€5,800-8,000
The Benlian star signature reads sherkat-e
■*194 jabbarzadeh-ye qali-bafiyan va Mahmud, which
translates as ‘The Jabbarzadeh Carpet weaving
A MAHAL CARPET company and Mahmud’. Whilst other early
SULTANABAD REGION, WEST PERSIA,
CIRCA 1890 20th century workshops such as PETAG began
producing Tabriz carpets of similar style, Benlian
Evenly worn throughout with some areas of repair
carpets can be identified by their eight-pointed
and repiling, in overall fair condition
star insignia woven in the corner of each
11ft.2in. x 8ft.9in. (341cm. x 266cm.)
inner guard stripe. The Benlian workshop was
£5,000-7,000 US$5,800-8,000 founded in the first half of the 20th century in
€5,800-8,100
Tabriz where it wove carpets specifically for the
European market. Of Armenian descent, Edward
E Benlian, a London based carpet dealer, had
a strong affinity with the Armenian community
of Tabriz and set up a workshop employing the
best weavers in order to produce carpets of the
193 highest quality. His master weavers included
Javan Amir Kizi and Mahmud Ghalicheh, by
whom the present carpet is woven. Both of these
master weavers were extremely successful in
reinterpreting the classical carpet designs of 16th
and 17th century Safavid Persia, for more modern
tastes. A carpet woven by the Benlian workshop
with a Safavid design, sold in these Rooms, 21
April 2021, lot 154.

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A TABRIZ CARPET
NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1880
Overall excellent condition
15ft.2in. x 10ft.2in. (463cm. x 310cm.)
£15,000-20,000 US$18,000-23,000
€18,000-23,000
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204 In addition to the hammer price, a Buyer’s Premium (plus VAT) is payable. Other taxes and/or an Artist Resale Royalty 205
fee are also payable if the lot has a tax or λ symbol. Check Section D of the Conditions of Sale at the back of this catalogue.