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Lot 198
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A Lahore carpet, Northwest India,

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • A Lahore carpet
  • approximately 1035 by 670cm., 33ft. 11in. by 22ft. (4)

Catalogue Note

See Walker, Daniel, Flowers Underfoot, Indian Carpets of the Mughal Era, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1997, pp.110-111, Figs. 109 and 110: fragments of a Pashmina carpet with pattern of lattice and blossoms, Northern India, Kashmir or Lahore, circa 1650; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 (14.40.723), on which the design of the present lot is based.