Silk Kashan Mothashem 128 x 199 cm
A tree of life with birds in a prayer niche: an antique silk Kashan Mothashem from around 1880.
Around 1880 this Kashan Mothashem was hand-knotted in Kashan, Iran, entirely of silk on silk. The rug is in perfect condition. Typical of this piece: a prayer niche with a flowering tree of life and birds in red, blue and green on a cream ground, within a red border.
Key features
- Size: 128 x 199 cm
- Material: silk on silk
- Technique: hand-knotted
- Origin: Kashan, Iran
- Age: around 1880
- Condition: perfect
- Item number: 04437
- On view at: our shop in Amstelveen
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