Antique Tabriz Rugs: Haj Baba Ganjei Tabriz Carpet 19th C Sotheby's Lot 291 ex Hirschhorn

Carpets
SALE N08326 LOT 291
SESSION 2 | 06 Jun 07 2:00 PM.
New York
A TABRIZ CARPET, NORTHWEST PERSIA,
35,000—45,000 USD
MEASUREMENTS
approximately 12ft. 2in. by 9ft. 4in. (3.71 by 2.84m.)
DESCRIPTION
last quarter 19th century
inscription cartouche reading "the work of Haj Baba Ganjei"
PROVENANCE
Collection of Joseph H. Hirschhorn, Sotheby's New York, May 1, 1982, lot 336

JBOC Note: Joseph H Hirschhorn, U.S. art collector and founder of the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Died August 31, 1981 at the age 82.