A Bezalel Rug, Jerusalem 1920's

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

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Description

130 7/8 by 74 3/4 in.
332 by 189 cm.

elaborately decorated with a profusion of flowers and medallions, as well as vine leaves and stylized menorahs, signed "Bezalel Jerusalem"

Literature

Anton Felton, Jewish Carpets, Suffolk, 1997 no. 54, p. 124 (illustrated)

Catalogue Note

The rich, well balanced design of this lot derives its inspiration from the vase carpets produced in the Southern Iran city, Kerman in the late sixteenth century.