Number 573
Type Workshop
Material Wool
Style Medallion
Origin Kashan
Size 612 x 432
Age 1925
Between the World Wars, the city of Qazvin wove finer variants of the classical Kashan design with central medallion and biaxial symmetry in the lotus strewn field, all on a deep indigo background. Less commercial and much more accomplished than the Kashan originals, they too rarely exceeded 4 meters in length. All in all, the gigantic size of this masterpiece is quite imposing and rather palatial. The richness of drawing and the complexity of floral forms is impressive. Is there a larger one in such quality? Hypothetically yes but in over 20 years in the market (60 counting my dad's experience!), I haven't seen any. Booyah.
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