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伊斯法罕克尔克羊毛丝毯
产地：伊斯法罕（波斯中部）
年代：约1940年
材质：克尔克羊毛、真丝
出版： 《伊斯兰东方手织工艺地毯》，第23页，图版42，SH.SAMEYEH PTE LTD，新加坡，1993年。
尺寸：235×146cm
AN EXCELLENT ISFAHAN KORK WOOL RUG
Origin: Isfahan, Central Persia
Age: circa 1940
Medium: Kork wool, Silk
Illustrated: Islamic Art Hand Knotted Oriental Carpet, SH SAMEYEH PTE LTD, Singapore, 1993, p.23, pl.42.
Size : 235×146cm
Description: 1,000,000 knots per square meter, 3,430,000 knots in whole carpet, natural vegetable colours, perfect condition.
RMB: 150,000－180,000

从地毯下端的署名可知，这张构图精美、技艺精湛的地毯出自伊斯法罕著名的赛拉菲恩（Seirafian）家族。哈吉?阿迦?勒扎?塞拉菲恩（Haj Agha Reza Seirafian）原为颇有声望的银行家，1939年开始涉足地毯制造业，并创办了伊斯法罕最著名的手工地毯厂。他聘请了知名的设计师、编织师，选用的羊毛、真丝原料以及所采用的染色工艺在当时都是首屈一指，“赛拉菲恩”也因此成为了顶级地毯的代名词，成为众多收藏者争相追逐的焦点。每一条赛拉菲恩地毯，其毯面的底端或顶端都织有“Seirafian”的字样，以示真品。
这条伊斯法罕地毯全部采用植物染色剂，色泽鲜亮、清晰，经久不变。精致的图案设计与和谐的比例，使得整张毯面呈现出一种华贵的视觉效果。与其他同类的地毯相比，此毯的红色中心葵图案层层相迭，更为紧凑，在天蓝色背景下的映衬下显得尤为醒目。在中心葵四周，象牙色的蛇形纹样将精美的花叶图纹连结在一起，象征着永恒的生命与轮回。这种无尽变化的图案设计对后世产生了深远影响。
主边界中描绘的“沙哈巴斯”纹样，是为了纪念波斯著名的阿巴斯王为波斯地毯做出的伟大贡献。公元16世纪，萨非王朝阿巴斯王一世迁都伊斯法罕，将当地的地毯编织推向了一个历史高峰，伊斯法罕也因此享有“世界的一半”之美誉。
The high quality of design and craftsmanship is attested to by the inscribed pile cartouche in the lower kilim web, indicating that the carpet was made by the renowned master weaver, Seirafian. It embodies the timeless characteristics which exercised a decisive influence on their successors. The well balanced natural vegetable dye colours depend for their vitality on the contrast of clearly delineated matching shades but the key to the whole lies in the harmony of well-judged proportions.
A complex red medallion of superimposed eight and sixteen point ornaments is a far more coherent in construction than most of the Isfahan medallions; its graphic clarity ensures a focal role against the sky blue field in which a spiral stem in ivory binds together in an ornate yet excellently spaces floral and foliate design. The demonstrative main border of shah-abbasi is held between four stripes among which the two ivory elements make a contribution to the carpet's visual impression.
This impressive city carpet signed by the master weaver Seirafian would make a proud addition to any Persian carpet collection.