Antique Afshar Vanity-Bag, Qorab'i Tribe, Bardsir Region, Kerman Province, South Persia.
Price
£950
| $1,285 USD | €1,111 EUR
Item Ref
BM/AQ
Description
Recently arrived from Iran, this extremely fine 'chanteh' or vanity-bag was made by the Afshar Qorab'i tribes in Kerman Province, southern Persia circa 1900-1920. The knotted-pile face of the bag contains two large stylised 'botehs' or Zoarostrian flame symbols on a vivid indigo-blue ground. My belief is that the botehs are fertility symbols with the red boteh representing the female and the ivory boteh, the male. On either side of each boteh are trees-of-life symbols representing eternal life in Paradise. The back of this beautiful bag is woven in plain madder-red plainweave and the bag is finished with tassels on two sides and the bottom symbolising happiness.Size: 52cm x 33cm (1' 9" x 1' 1").
Viewing by appointment only.
Internal Ref: BM/AQ
Dimensions
Height = 33 cm (13")Width = 52 cm (21")
Depth = 0 cm (0")
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