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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Jacques Cadry Collection
• Sale Date:
  02 Apr 2017 ~ 2pm
• Lot #:
  1
• Lot Description:
  A fine Raver Kirman pictorial rug, southeast Iran, early 20th century
  236 x 139 cm
• Notes:
  Drawn in the manner of an illustrated Persian manuscript, the carpet depicts a man seated in an idealised Persian garden being served wine by a young woman in flowing dress. It is a woven representation of the couplet from Omar Khayyam’s 12th-century poem, the Rubaiyat, made famous in the English speaking world by Edward FitzGerald’s 19th-century translation: ‘A book of Verses underneath the Bough,A jug of wine, a loaf of bread and Thou . . .’
• Estimate:
  A$10,000 - 12,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Textiles & Fabrics

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