JBOC's Notes on Oriental Rugs

Shahsavan Rugs: Cruciform Medallion Northwest Persian knotted pile bagface C. 1880 Nagel Lot 81

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Shahsavan Rugs: Cruciform Medallion Northwest Persian knotted pile bagface C. 1880 Nagel Lot 81
Lot *81
Title A knotted bagface, NORTHWESTERN PERSIA, ca. 1880, slight losses to pile.
Size 68 x 50 cm
Description
(German only) Geknüpfte Taschenfront mit sehr beliebtem und markantem Hauptmotiv - hier in Rot auf schönem Grün - und belegt mit einem Hakenwirbel. Vergleichbare Sumakh-Taschenfronten werden häufig den Shahsavan-Nomaden zugeordnet. Leichte Gebrauchsabnutzungen. 68 x 50 cm (0812022)
Estimate *1100,–

JBOC Notes: This design is related to a very popular design seen in Shahsevan Sumac bags. See the Swan Cruciform Medallion Shahsevan bagface plate 74 in John T. Wertime, Sumak Bags of Northeast Persia and Transcaucasia. 1998.

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