Tuesday 14 January 2020

SALE: Rare pair of one hundred year old, Kashan rug masterpiece, signed by the legendary late Geandmaster Dabir Sanaye Kashan. محمد دبیر الصنایع

This is an announcement for the sale of an identical pair of ultra rare, pictorial masterpiece Kashan rugs, depicting a beautiful love story of Sheikh Sanan, based on the Conference of the Birds or Speech of the Birds book (Persian: منطق الطیر‎, Manṭiq-uṭ-Ṭayr, also known as مقامات الطیور Maqāmāt-uṭ-Ṭuyūr; 1177), a Persian poem by Sufi poet Farid ud-Din Attar, commonly known as Attar of Nishapur.  

This early twentieth century pair of rugs are uniquly signed by the reclusive legendary late Granmaster Mohammad Dabir Sanaye  محمد دبیر الصنایع. 

The pair are fine Kurk Kashan, signed by the legendary later Grandmaster Mohammad Dabir Sanayeh. These are fully assymetric pictorial rugs which are extremely difficult to execute since there are no points of symmetries during weaving to correct the compactions of the knots and monitor the evolution of the design . The rugs are circa 1910, wool/cotton, and 205 x 136 cm and  206 x 135 cm in size. They are indentical pairs, which means woven on the same loom or at the same time. The condition is mint. The knots density is 8x8 knots in 1 sqcm.

The rugs previously belonged to a prominent German private collection. The rugs are executed masterfully and are exceptionally fine Kashan quality from the master workshop of the former politician Dabir Sanayeh (with Signature cartouche: Mohammad Dabir Sanayeh), remarkable fine knotting with high-quality wool, expressive colors). 

The rugs are in absolutely mint condition. Photos don't do justice to the beauty of these rugs.

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