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Fine Shahsavan Runner
Persian Azerbaijan
The field with a single column of octagons and medallions surrounded by tribal and zoomorphic devices enclosed by borders of polychrome hooked and cruciform motifs flanked by ivory guard stripes of angular meandering vines, 337cm by 92cm £800 - 1200
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Heriz Rug
Persian Azerbaijan
The deep indigo field centred by a terracotta pole medallion framed by spandrels and borders of stylised plants and angular meandering vines between double guard stripes, 186cm by 146cm £400 - 600
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Agra Design Carpet
East Europe
The brick red field with columns of palmettes, vines and large flowerheads enclosed by indigo borders of floral decoration, 336cm by 237cm
Hand knotted on a machine made foundation £400 - 600
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Tekke Carpet
Emirate of Bukhara
The madder field with five columns of quartered guls enclosed by borders of sunbursts and geometric devices, the elems of stylised serrated leaves, 293cm by 220cm £300 - 500
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Unusual Kashan Silk Prayer Rug
Central Persia
The ivory field centred by a Tree of Life and exotic birds and animals beneath the Mihrab flanked by spandrels and enclosed by borders of animals and birds, 62cm by 39cm £150 - 250
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Feraghan Silk Rug
The abrashed raspberry field with an urn issuing flowers enclosed by indigo and ivory borders of meandering vines flanked by floral guard stripes, 192cm by 127cm £200 - 400
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Malayir Rug
West Persia
The deep indigo field with a column of linked floral medallions surrounded by tribal and anthropomorphic devices enclosed by ivory borders between boteh guard stripes, 480cm by 104cm £400 - 600
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Rare Petag Tabriz Carpet, of late 16th/17th century design
Persian Azerbaijan
The mid indigo allover lattice field containing floral sprays enclosed by wide borders of meandering vines flanked by flowerhead guard stripes, 393cm by 315cm £5000 - 8000
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Saroukh Carpet
West Persia
The terracotta field richly decorated with flowering plants enclosed by deep indigo borders between pale lemon guard stripes, 338cm by 259cm £400 - 600
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Bakhtiari Carpet
West Persia
The terracotta field centred by an indigo cusped pole medallion surrounded by scrolling vines enclosed by pale indigo spandrels and borders with cartouche flanked by guard stripes, 408cm by 315cm £600 - 900
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Yomut Carpet
West Turkestan
The chestnut field with columns of Kepsi guls enclosed by ivory borders of serrated stylised leafy vines, the elems with heraldic stepped devices, 330cm by 201cm £600 - 900
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Tabriz Carpet
Persian Azerbaijan
The pale lemon field with an allover design of large palmettes interlocking vines enclosed by mid indigo borders of meandering vines flanked by ice blue guard stripes, 378cm by 280cm £700 - 1000
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Kirman Carpet
Central Persia
The ivory field decorated with scrolling vines around an indigo medallion framed by spandrels and indigo palmette meandering vine borders flanked by lemon and raspberry guard stripes, 464cm by 338cm £900 - 1200
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Good Bakhtiari Carpet
West Persia
The lozenge field with a lattice of polychrome medallions framed by madder spandrels and ivory borders of stylised flowers and leaves between wide guard stripes, 510cm by 388cm £800 - 1200
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Tabriz Carpet
Persian Azerbaijan
The ivory field of scrolling leafy vines enclosed by borders of palmettes and meandering vines between floral guard stripes, 272cm by 177cm
NB Silk highlights £300 - 500
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Ushak Carpet
Central West Anatolia
The coral field with angular vines framed by spandrels and candy pink borders of rosettes and angular meandering vines, 360cm by 310cm
Provenance: From a country house in Oxford £2000 - 3000
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Good Kashan Carpet
Central Persia
The ivory field with an allover design of scrolling vines and palmettes enclosed by mid indigo borders and coral guard stripes, 370cm by 287cm £2000 - 3000
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Tabriz Carpet
Persian Azerbaijan
The ivory field with an allover design of stylised flowerheads enclosed by mid indigo borders of palmettes and guard stripes, 380cm by 274cm £1000 - 1500
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Unusual Tabriz Carpet
Persian Azerbaijan
The ivory ground with an allover Herati design enclosed by rust borders of samovar motifs and angular leafy vines, 300cm by 196cm £700 - 1000
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Yazd Carpet
South East Persia
The raspberry field of flowering plants enclosed by similar ivory, indigo and raspberry borders, 487cm by 334cm £700 - 1000
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Lahore Carpet
Punjab
The ivory field of scrolling floral vines around a cusped medallion framed by spandrels and floral borders between double guard stripes, 328cm by 247cm £400 - 600
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Bakhtiari Carpet
West Persia
The polychrome compartmentalised field of flowering trees and plants enclosed by terracotta borders of serrated leafy vines and flowerheads enclosed by meandering vines and stripes, 357cm by 188cm £300 - 500
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Indo-Persian Carpet
North India
The field with an all over design of semi naturalistic flowering plants enclosed by borders of meandering floral vines flanked by guard stripes £700 - 1000
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Ushak Carpet
West Central Anatolia
The aquamarine field with stellar motifs around a pole medallion flanked by spandrels and salmon pink borders of angular vines flanked by double guard stripes, 550cm by 380cm £1500 - 2500
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Shirvan Kilim
East Caucasus
The field with wide and narrow polychrome bands of hooked devices, 304cm by 158cm £500 - 700
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Amritsar Carpet
Punjab
The ivory field with an allover design of stylised plants enclosed by aubergine borders of samovar motifs flanked by pale lemon guard stripes, 580cm by 405cm £2000 - 3000
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Very Fine Kork Isfahan Rug
Central Persia
The ivory field of scrolling vines around a cusped pole medallion framed by spandrels and ivory borders of palmettes and angular vines between raspberry guard stripes, 212cm by 139cm £800 - 1200
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Zili Sultan Rug
South East Persia
The ivory field with urns issuing flowers enclosed by multiple narrow borders, 217cm by 150cm £400 - 600
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Veramin Carpet
The ivory field of scrolling vines, animals and palmettes enclosed by terracotta borders of palmettes and birds between ice blue rosette guard stripes, 319cm by 205cm £800 - 1200
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Kashan Carpet
Central Persia
The duck egg blue field with an allover design of palmettes and scrolling vines enclosed by a dove grey border of meandering floral vines flanked by triple guard stripes, 505cm by 320cm £700 - 1000
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Veramin Carpet
Central Persia
The pale indigo field with an allover Mina Khani design enclosed by ivory borders of samovar motifs and scrolled leafy vines flanked by double guard stripes, 308cm by 210cm £1500 - 2000
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Central Persian Verneh
The field with rows of polychrome bands of geometric devices enclosed by narrow multiple borders, 280cm by 165cm £400 - 600
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Fine Isfahan Carpet
Central Persia
The ivory field of scrolling leafy vines around a small medallion enclosed by brick red borders of palmettes and meandering vines flanked by double guard stripes, 317cm by 205cm
On silk foundation £4000 - 6000
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Fine Kork Kashan Rug
Central Persia
The raspberry field with an angular lattice of flowers around an indigo medallion framed by spandrels and borders of angular meandering vines between double guard stripes, 218cm by 137cm £700 - 1000
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Unusual Tabriz Carpet
Persian Azerbaijan
The plain pale lemon field centred by a stepped pole medallion framed by spandrels and borders of meandering leafy vines flanked by triple guard stripes, 413cm by 310cm £1000 - 1500
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Ziegler Design Carpet
North Afghanistan
The cream field of large scrolling vines and cloud bands enclosed by borders of palmettes and meandering vines flanked by double guard stripes, 363cm by 274cm £500 - 800
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Pair of Unusual Malayir Runners
Each with a deep indigo field and a single column of anchor medallions enclosed by ivory borders of boteh and angular vines flanked by guard stripes, each approx 482cm by 103cm
Inscription and date panel at one end and one with Persian lion £700 - 1000
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Saroukh Rug
West Persia
The deep indigo field with a pale pistachio anchor medallion framed by spandrels and terracotta borders of scrolling vines flanked by rosette guard stripes, 202cm by 127cm £300 - 500
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Narrow Kashgai Runner
South West Persia
The indigo field with a single column of linked stepped medallions surrounded by birds and flowers enclosed by ivory borders of stylised vines and barber pole guard stripes, 405cm by 95cm £700 - 1000
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Kashan Carpet
Central Persia
The soft mint field with an allover design of scrolling floral vines framed by ivory palmette borders and triple guard stripes, 417cm by 290cm £800 - 1200
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Heriz Carpet
Persian Azerbaijan
The terracotta field of angular vines around an indigo pole medallion framed by ivory spandrels and indigo leaf and rosette borders between double guard stripes, 460cm by 342cm £1000 - 1500
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Lavar Kirman Ravar Carpet
South East Persia
The soft strawberry field of floral design enclosed by pistachio green borders of scrolling vines and flowers flanked by multiple guard stripes, 558cm by 408cm £800 - 1200
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Fine Kork Kashan Carpet
Central Persia
The ivory lattice field richly decorated with palmettes and meandering floral vines enclosed by mint green borders of birds and scrolling vines flanked by triple guard stripes, 365cm by 297cm
Provenance: By repute, the carpet was purchased from the Iranian Embassy in London £5000 - 8000
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A Small 9ct Gold Mounted Tortoiseshell Carriage Timepiece, 1904, gold carrying handle with maker's mark HA, bun shaped feet, enamel dial with Roman numerals, single barrel movement with a platform lever escapement, 11cm high over handle £800 - 1200
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A Viennese Enamel Timepiece, signed Leopold Bauman, in Wien, circa 1820, oval top surmounted with a figure and side masks, the reverse depicting classical figures in robes, central camel above a dome shaped base with mythological panels, raised upon winged cherub scroll feet, multi-coloured enamel dial with Roman numerals, gilt fusee verge movement signed, 18cm high £1200 - 1500
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A Miniature Viennese Enamel Timepiece, circa 1880, renaissance style gilded case with engraved scroll borders, enamel panels depicting winged cherubs and classical figures, enamel dial with Arabic numerals, cylinder bar movement, 14cm high £600 - 800
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A Miniature Engraved Oval Carriage Timepiece, circa 1890, carrying handle, engraved scroll decorated borders, enamel dial with Roman numerals, engine turned dial surround, single barrel movement with a silvered platform lever escapement, 10cm high £600 - 800
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A Small Brass Striking and Repeating Carriage Clock, signed Drocourt, circa 1890, carrying handle and repeat button, enamel dial with Arabic and Roman numerals, twin barrel movement with a silvered platform lever escapement, backplate stamped DC and numbered 33275, 13cm high over handle £600 - 800
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A Brass Striking and Repeating Alarm Carriage Clock, signed Drocourt, retailed by Le Roy & Fils, 13 & 15 Palais Royal, Paris, circa 1880, carrying handle and repeat button, enamel dial with Arabic and Roman numerals, alarm dial, twin barrel movement with a silvered platform lever escapement, striking on a blued steel gong, backplate stamped DC and signed by the retailer to the lower edge, numbered 17234 and 11802, 16.5cm high over handle, with original numbered key £900 - 1200
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A Fine Engraved Gilt Brass Striking and Repeating Carriage Clock, signed Henry Lepaute, circa 1870, gorge style case with a carrying handle and repeat button, engraved throughout with floral and scroll decoration, enamel dial with Roman numerals, engraved dial mask, twin barrel movement with a silvered platform lever escapement, striking on a bell, backplate numbered 4576, front plate stamped HL, 17.5cm high over handle
Henry Lepaute was an excellent maker and from a famous family of clockmakers. He supplied clocks to other fine makers in particular Paul Garnier £2000 - 3000
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