Tabriz Rugs: 16th Century Safavid Tabriz Carpet Fragment, lot 2


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JBOC Attribution: Tabriz Rugs/Carpets

New York Fine Oriental and European Carpets - RESCHEDULED » lot 2

Tabriz Rugs Persian Rugs Oriental Rugs Antique tabriz Safavid Carpet Fragment

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A Tabriz medallion carpet fragment, Northwest Persia,

New York 10,000—15,000 USD Session 1, 20 Sep 01 10:15 AM

Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 18,000 USD

DESCRIPTION

A Tabriz medallion carpet fragment, Northwest Persia, first half 16th century missing main borders, guard borders rewoven at each end, small reweaves, 3 inch split, overcast on all four sides, approximately 10ft. 6in. by 5ft. 5in. (3.20 by 1.65m.)

Literature:

Arthur Upham Pope, A Survey of Persian Art, Oxford, 1938-9, pl. 1123
Christie's, London, 30 April 1992, lot 321
Hali, Issue 63, p. 136

In 1938 Pope described this fragment with eloquence, saying that : "The medallion is beautifully composed and the arabesques are of the finest." For an outstanding example of a Tabriz medallion carpet from the Gulbenkian Collection, (Inv. No. T.97), see: Cohen, Steven, Safavid and Mughal carpets in the Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Hali, Issue 114, p. 77, pl. 3. Whereas the Gulbenkian carpet is on a more typical large scale (17ft. 5in. x 7ft. 3in.), the current example is comparatively diminutive in size, a characteristic shared with another fragmentary carpet in the Musee des Gobelins, Paris (see: Pope, op. cit., pl. 1113).