Lot 657
KASHAN MOHTASHAM PRAYER RUG
CENTRAL PERSIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Auction: Day Two: 17 November 2022 | From 10:00
£5,040
Description
the abrash blue field with bird filled foliage and central vase, indigo spandrels, within cream border
Dimensions
198cm x 136cm
Footnote
Note: Hajji Mollah Mohammed Hassan Mohtasham is generally regarded as probably the best of the master weavers who helped re-establish Kashan as an important weaving centre at the end of the 19th century. Few are signed, but the soft kurk lamb's wool, pale blue wefts, magenta silk selvages and distinctive, more geometric, drawing style in subtle colours are typical characteristics of the high quality productions of his workshop.