Carpets from the Estate of Vojtech Blau

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Lot 66
  • 66

A Mughal carpet, North India,

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Description

  • A Mughal carpet
  • approximately 28ft. 3in. by 10ft. 7in. (8.71 by 3.23 m.)

Provenance

V. & L. Benguiat Collection, sold American Art Association, April 23, 1932, lot 23

Catalogue Note

An example so closely related to the present lot that it was referred to as the "companion carpet" in the Benguiat catalogue is illustrated in F. R. Martin, A History of Oriental Carpets before 1800, Vienna, 1906, fig. 240.