LAVER KIRMAN, Southeast Persian
8' 11" x 10' 6" Circa 1850 Price: $28,000
(Connoisseur-Caliber)
The very significant age of this carpet is revealed by the artistic ability, later diluted by commercialism, to render a design vibrant with inexhaustive creative expression within the restraints of a classically symmetrical tradition. Like a cathedral window, this superbly crafted, antique Persian Laver Kirman offers a breathtaking splendor of individually rendered detail with its incredibly nuanced palette of rare, luminous hues animating each botanically inspired motif. Minute inconsistencies between mirrored motifs and the depiction of myriad blossoms provide continual fascinating discoveries. Happily this mind-boggling carpet remains in good condition.