Keshan 'Mochtasham'

Description:

Persia, ca. 1910-20
525 x 379 cm
The indigo-coloured field with a palmette and large floral tendrils in each corner around a central raspberry and indigo-coloured concentric medallion with a raspberry red palmette and vines, in an indigo border of palmettes, vases and vines between several floral and striped motifs.
Important private collection Rhineland, acquired at Christie's London, 13.04.1989, lot 109 - Traces of use, minor damages