Rare and highly original Goulchan made of wool and silk - Lot 155

Rare and highly original Goulchan made of wool and silk Wool velour, silk inlays on the base, and original multicolored silk fringes Prayer-shaped rug with a brick-red field featuring a crenellated mihrab (the gateway to heaven) adorned with two symmetrically arranged, richly flowering trees of life framing a finely drawn cypress tree covering plants and the symbolized earth Double midnight blue spandrels decorated with fine crenellated branches. Main border in brick red featuring rows of stylized cypress trees surrounded by bulbs and flowering palmettes. Density: Approx. 7,000–7,500 knots per square decimeter. Iran, Mashhad region. Circa 1965–70 L_238 cm W_187 cm Good overall condition, beautiful polychromy Bibliography: Edwin Gans-Ruedin (The Art of the Carpet, The Beauty of Oriental Carpets, The Splendor of Persian Carpets), Andrew Middleton (A World Tour of Carpets), Roger Bechirian, Fabio Formenton, Enza Milanesi Expert: Frank Kassapian Expert: Frank Kassapian