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Room-size Persian, Asian rugs have Jasper52 auction covered Jan. 14

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
Garrous Bijar Gol Farang design rug, Iran, 1870s, wool, 11.9 x 15 feet. Estimate: $10,000-$15,000. Jasper52 image
Garrous Bijar Gol Farang design rug, Iran, 1870s, wool, 11.9 x 15 feet. Estimate: $10,000-$15,000. Jasper52 image

 

NEW YORK – For anyone searching for floor covering for their palace, Jasper52’s Persian and Asian rug auction Jan. 14 features large room-size choices – some of them antique. There are also smaller rugs to spuce up any space. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available exclusively through LiveAuctioneers.com.

Among the finest is a Garrous Bijar Gol Farang rug (above) made in the 1870s in Persia (Iran). It measures nearly 12 by 15 feet and has a $10,000-$15,000 estimate.

Larger still is a Persian Nain rug (below) in a rare large size: 11 feet 9 inches by 17 feet 8 inches. It carries an $8,000-$12,000 estimate.

 

Persian fine wool and silk floral Nain rug, cotton foundation, 11 feet 9 inches x 17 feet 8 inches. Estimate: $8,000-$12,000. Jasper52 image
Persian fine wool and silk floral Nain rug, cotton foundation, 11 feet 9 inches x 17 feet 8 inches. Estimate: $8,000-$12,000. Jasper52 image

 

A Chinese Peking Art Deco geometric trellis rug (below), circa 1950, measures 11 feet 6 inches by 16 feet 10 inches. It is expected to sell for $4,500-$6,000.

 

Chinese Peking Art Deco geometric trellis rug, 11 feet 6 inches x 16 feet 10 inches, circa 1950s, hand-knotted wool. Estimate: $4,500-$6,000. Jasper52 image
Chinese Peking Art Deco geometric trellis rug, 11 feet 6 inches x 16 feet 10 inches, circa 1950s, hand-knotted wool. Estimate: $4,500-$6,000. Jasper52 image

Considered semi-antique is a 1930s Sharabian Heriz rug that measures about 11 by 15 feet and has an $8,000-$12,000 estimate.

 

Sharabian Heriz rug, Iran, 1930s, wool, 11.4 x 14.10 feet. Estimate: $8,000-$12,000. Jasper52 image
Sharabian Heriz rug, Iran, 1930s, wool, 11.4 x 14.10 feet. Estimate: $8,000-$12,000. Jasper52 image

 

A Persian Tabriz rug of lamb’s wool on a cotton foundation and colored with natural vegetable dye, about 11.7 by 10 feet, carries a $3,500-$5,000 estimate. It features beautifully executed geometric borders.

 

Handwoven Persian Tabriz rug, 11.7 x 10 feet. Estimate: $3,500-$5,000. Jasper52 image
Handwoven Persian Tabriz rug, 11.7 x 10 feet. Estimate: $3,500-$5,000. Jasper52 image

 

Dating to the early 1900s is a Persian Qashqai rug (below) in vivid colors and measuring 4 1/2 feet by 7 1/4.

 

Antique Qashqai rug, Iran, wool, 4.5 x 7.2 feet. Estimate: $4,000-$5,000. Jasper52 image
Antique Qashqai rug, Iran, wool, 4.5 x 7.2 feet. Estimate: $4,000-$5,000. Jasper52 image

 

The auction, which begins Saturday at 12:30 p.m. Eastern, consists of 118 lots.

 

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