Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs & Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs & Carpets
Property from Eberhart Herrmann
A MAGNIFICENT SHAKHRISABZ SUSANI, UZBEKISTAN
Auction Closed
June 10, 06:00 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 40,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from Eberhart Herrmann
A MAGNIFICENT SHAKHRISABZ SUSANI, UZBEKISTAN
18th century
with birds and ewers in the medallions and rare depictions of tulips in the field
approximately 245 by 193 cm.
Condition 9 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers for this sale is not applicable to this lot.
Herrmann notes of this susani: "So far I haven’t seen a better one of the Shahr-i-Sabs group in the whole of my art dealer’s life. The amazing fact is that behind its beauty there is tremendous knowledge, for example how the large circles in the borders are placed according to star geometry using the cartography of the Orion, Canis majoris and Taurus constellations. The same approach to design can be found in the shaft frescos of the Lascaux caves, or in the recently discovered underwater stone hills, the largest European archaeological work known of up to now..." [Lake Constance]