Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets has dated this Antique Persian Afshar Bag to the 1860s.
This Independent Date Guide was compiled by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. It works only from the photographs shown on this page and is never told the date the dealer has declared. It is a guide, not a guarantee of age, and occasional errors can occur.
Symbolically, it is believed that the ivory boteh represents the male and the red boteh, the female - thus fertility symbols to the young nomad woman who made this bag.
The bag is complete with original madder-red plain-weave back albeit with some damage to the top brocaded opening section. Nevertheless, this is a very important and collectable example of early Afshar weaving.
Size: 35 x 49cm (1' 2" x 1' 7").
Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets has dated this Antique Persian Afshar Bag to the 1860s.
This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.
Dealing in antique and old tribal rugs, dowry weavings and decorative carpets from the near east and central asia since 1979.
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Antique Vanity-bag, Afshar Nomads, Kerman Province, South Persia.
