A KHORASAN KELLEHNORTH EAST PERSIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURYA KHORASAN KELLEHNORTH EAST PERSIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURYExtensive areas of repair and repiling, sides and ends secured16ft.10in. x 7ft.8in. (512cm. X 234cm.)In Persia from the middle of the 18th century and through the first half of the 19th, carpets with overall designs were hugely popular, at the expense of centralised or more complex animal designs. This is very clearly shown in surviving paintings from the post-Safavid period where almost every carpet depicted is a kelleh with overall floral lattice of one sort or another (see for example Layla S.Diba and Maryam Ekhtiar, Royal Persian Paintings, the Qajar Epoch, New York, 1999, nos.26-28, 31, 47 and 57). Some of the designs in paintings are recognisable but most are generic, and most represent carpets of Afshan, Harshang, Herati and related patterns. There is not enough visual information depicted to enable us to tie up surviving carpets with those in the paintings. For this reason a small number of Khorasan carpets with inscription cartouches containing verses almost hidden within the field, at least two of which have credible dates of 1218/1803-4 and 1223/1808-9 are very important to our understanding (The Bernheimer Family Collection of Carpets, Christie's London, 14 February 1996, lot 60; Arthur Upham Pope, A Survey of Persian Art, Oxford, 1938, pl.1272A). While each of those have a harshang design field, in most other respects they are very similar to the present carpet. The wool and colours are very similar both in the field and the border, while the guard stripes are virtually identical.细节 A KHORASAN KELLEHNORTH EAST PERSIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURYExtensive areas of repair and repiling, sides and ends secured16ft.10in. x 7ft.8in. (512cm. X 234cm.) 来源 Otto Bernheimer, acquired 9th August 1937, as a Herat The Bernheimer Family Collection of Carpets, Christies, London, 14 February 1996, lot 4 注意事项 This lot will be removed to Christie’s Park Royal. Christie’swill inform you if the lot has been sent offsite. Our removal and storage of the lot is subject to the terms and conditions of storage which can be found at Christies.com/storage and our fees for storageare set out in the table below - these will apply whether the lot remains with Christie’s or is removed elsewhere.Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Christie’s Park Royal. All collections from Christie’s Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only.Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060Email: cscollectionsuk@christies.com.If the lot remains at Christie’s it will be available for collection on any working day 9.00 am to 5.00 pm.Lots are not available for collection at weekends. The USA prohibits the purchase by US persons of Iranian-origin “works of conventional craftsmanship” such as carpets, textiles, decorative objects, and scientific instruments. The US sanctions apply to US persons regardless of the location of the transaction or the shipping intentions of the US person. For this reason, Christie’s will not accept bids by US persons on this lot. Non-US persons wishing to import this lot into the USA are advised that they will need to apply for an OFAC licence and that this can take many months to be granted.