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喀桑莫塔森古毯
产地：喀桑（波斯中部）
年代：约1910年
材质：克尔克羊毛，棉
尺寸：207×138cm
AN ANTIQUE KASHAN MOHTASHEM RUG
Origin: Kashan, Central Persia
Age: circa 1910
Medium: Kork wool, Cotton
Size: 207×138cm
RMB: 120,000－150,000

当人们谈到顶级的波斯地毯时，伊斯法罕和喀桑这两个地名往往是连在一起的。而在古董毯收藏界，人们将最优质的喀桑毯称为“喀桑莫塔森”毯。（“莫塔森”一词得名于19世纪波斯纺织大师Mohtaschem的手工工厂）。从主面板的图案设计和整体色调而言，我们眼前这张喀桑地毯无疑可以称得上“莫塔森”级别。莲花形棕榈叶、玫瑰花饰、葡萄枝……林林总总的花果、鸟兽穿插交迭，和谐共生，共同构筑起丰富的画面。它呈现给我们一种非同寻常的视觉感受：密不透风，却繁而不乱，延承了波斯美术史上最鼎盛的萨非王朝（1502～1722）的艺术特色。深蓝色的主边界上装饰着各类动物图案，错落有致的构图为整件作品增添了独特的美感。我们仿佛置身于一个童话世界，跨越现实的藩篱，重返孩童时代的理想国度。
这张地毯的绒面全部采用世界上最优质的羊毛——克尔克羊毛，手感松软舒适，富有弹性，非常适宜家用收藏。
When one speaks of top quality Persian carpets, the names of Isfahan and Kashan are often linked. This is a rather remarkable Mohtaschem rug, in terms of its field design. A spectacular abundance of foliage includes lotus palmettos, other ornamental palmettos, many rosettes and leaves that gives the vegetal decoration of the piece its highly unusual appearance. Glimpsed amidst this woodland profusion are multifarious birds and animals, depicted in intriguingly naturalistic manner.This combat group serving to illustrate the lifelike style of animal drawing adopted, and the peculiarly irrational relationship of such animals to their background. Although the birds, including the delightful nest of four at the local point of the composition are realistically integrated with the foiled, several of the animals are given an arboreal setting that is quite at odds with their natural habitat. Kork wool knotting and the harmonies of colour are all definitive of the early Mohtaschem type. A superb work of Persian animal art from Safavid period. The dark blue main border decorated with different animals give this carpet a special beauty and a lovely frame.