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塔伯利茲真絲古毯
產地：塔伯利茲（波斯西北部）
年代：約1880年
材質：真絲
尺寸：201×120 cm
AN ANTIQUE TABRIZ SILK RUG
Origin: Tabriz, North West Persia
Age: circa 1880
Medium: Silk
Size : 201×120 cm
RMB: 200,000－280,000
這條異常精美的塔伯利茲絲毯是卡扎爾王朝（1794-1925）時期波斯地毯中的杰作。依據現有數據顯示，從卡扎爾時期流傳下來的波斯毯為數不多，而像這樣保存完好的絲織毯，更是極為罕見。縱觀其整體特色和中心區的圖紋繪制，可大致推定這條絲毯的年代為19世紀末期。
絲毯中央的中心葵圖案由八瓣漂浮的棕櫚葉構成，形態自由而又相互關聯，周邊被象牙色絲帶和格子圖形環繞包圍，設計充滿活力，毫無約束，卷曲形葉紋和各式花葉彼此迭繞，點綴其間，在金紅色的背景中顯得尤為生動。深藍色主邊緣和五條護邊上均飾有花葉圖案，對中央畫面起到了極佳的襯托作用，令人難忘。整條地毯構圖嚴謹且富有異國情調，光彩壯麗，氣質高貴，值得寶藏。
The silk Tabriz group represented by this important example comprises the earliest type of Persian workshop silk carpets to survive in significant numbers from the Qajar period. In this general character and field approach, the piece belongs to the first period of the style, and might feasibly derive from the first quarter of the century. Its exceptional state of preservation alone separates it from those silk carpets of similar size, coloring and powerfully archaic appearance that are palpably older than any other Tabriz products, whether in wool or silk, of the 19th century.
The central design possesses that energetic, almost barbaric, mode of expression common to this silk Tabriz group, with the eight “floating” foliate palmettes establishing the main effect in their free-form construction. These devices are suspended from an ivory ribbon-lattice, producing an underlying medallion and tendril-scroll composition, against the rich golden ground. Various heavily foliated secondary ornaments contribute to the somewhat ghostly fecundity of the field. The deep blue primary border and five guard borders, all save the outer carrying dense vegetal and floral arrangements, provide an imposing setting for the central panel.
