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A 'Portuguese' Carpet Fragment, Khurasan, Northeast Persia, first half 17th Century

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Auction Closed

October 22, 01:02 AM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A 'Portuguese' Carpet Fragment, Khurasan, Northeast Persia, first half 17th Century

approximately 6ft. 9in. by 3ft. 10in.

206 by 118 cm

Sir Howard Hodgkin CH CBE (1932-2017), London;

Howard Hodgkin, Portrait of the Artist, Sotheby's, London, 24 October 2017, lot 174;

Where acquired by the present collector.

D. Shaffer, "Season of mists", HALI, no. 193, 2017, pp. 122-125, reproduced fig. 2;

"Auction Price Guide", HALI, no. 194, 2017, reproduced p. 144.

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