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Mina Khani Baluch Rug First Half 19th C. The Wher Collection

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The Wher Collection Baluch Rug
Northeast Persia, first half 19th century
162 x 240cm (5ft 4in x 7ft 10in)

A well-known Baluch carpet from the Wher Collection (9; pl.72) was a tactile treat with its long, soft, supple, lustrous wool and a visual feast with its wide, dramatic border and its free rendition of the Mina-Khani design. It was previously published in Herrmann Seltene Orientteppiche IV, p.78; Thompson, Carpet Magic, p.49; and Opie, Tribal Rugs, p.247. An arguably older analogue is published in Black and Loveless' seminal Rugs of the Wandering Baluchi, pl.39.

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