Rare and very original Kirman Laver - Lot 318

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Rare and very original Kirman Laver - Lot 318
Rare and very original Kirman Laver (village of Raver, near Kirman, pronounced Laver) Late 19th - early 20th century In a remarkable state of preservation. Kork lambswool velvet on cotton foundation. Density: approx. 7500 knots per dm2. Beautifully fresh colors and polychromy. Translation at the head of the carpet: Long live the celebrities of the world (Machahir - e' - Adam.) 230 x 140 cm 20 000/30 000 A series of religious and historical figures are represented, numbered in the field of the carpet, in rows, very finely drawn with their respective names in the wide main border between two borders patterned with diamond-shaped flower buds surrounded by fine wavy stems. The main characters are Jesus, Moses, Mohammad, Napoleon, Caesar, Shakespeare, Kouroch and the famous Persian poets Saadi, Ferdowsi, Omar Kayam and Khosrow-Parwiz. All the shahs and kings of Persia and Iran, kings from all over the world. No. 1: Moses; No. 2: Soleyman; No. 7: kouroch, Darius; No. 8: Pericles; No. 9: Sograth; No. 10: Alexander the Great; No. 11: Hannibal; No. 12: Julius Caesar; No. 17: khosro Parviz; No. 18: Mohamad Ibn Vahid; No. 19: Omarebn Vahad; No. 20: Abdule Rahman; No. 22: Haroun Alrachide; No. 24 : Sahaheddin; n° 25: King Richard of England; n° 26: Gentchiz; n° 40: Louis XVI; n° 41: Julius II; n° 42 King Charles of England; n° 44: Henry IV; n° 45: Cromwell; n° 48: Louis XIV - the Sun King; n° 49: Peter the Great of Russia; n° 51: Frederick I; n° 52: Shakespeare; n° 54: Napoleon Bibliography: Edwin Gans-Ruedin, Connaissance du Tapis, Splendeur des tapis d'Orient, Beauté du tapis persan; Enza Milanesi, Andrew Middleton, Le tour du monde des tapis; Armen Hengeldian, Doris Eider, H.Roppers, Le guide du tapis
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