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伊斯法罕克爾克羊毛絲毯
產地：伊斯法罕（波斯中部）
年代：約1940年
材質：克爾克羊毛、真絲
出版： 《伊斯蘭東方手織工藝地毯》，第23頁，圖版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
從地毯下端的署名可知，這張構圖精美、技藝精湛的地毯出自伊斯法罕著名的賽拉菲恩（Seirafian）家族。哈吉?阿迦?勒扎?塞拉菲恩（Haj Agha Reza Seirafian）原為頗有聲望的銀行家，1939年開始涉足地毯制造業，并創辦了伊斯法罕最著名的手工地毯廠。他聘請了知名的設計師、編織師，選用的羊毛、真絲原料以及所采用的染色工藝在當時都是首屈一指，“賽拉菲恩”也因此成為了頂級地毯的代名詞，成為眾多收藏者爭相追逐的焦點。每一條賽拉菲恩地毯，其毯面的底端或頂端都織有“Seirafian”的字樣，以示真品。
這條伊斯法罕地毯全部采用植物染色劑，色澤鮮亮、清晰，經久不變。精致的圖案設計與和諧的比例，使得整張毯面呈現出一種華貴的視覺效果。與其他同類的地毯相比，此毯的紅色中心葵圖案層層相迭，更為緊湊，在天藍色背景下的映襯下顯得尤為醒目。在中心葵四周，象牙色的蛇形紋樣將精美的花葉圖紋連結在一起，象征著永恒的生命與輪回。這種無盡變化的圖案設計對后世產生了深遠影響。
主邊界中描繪的“沙哈巴斯”紋樣，是為了紀念波斯著名的阿巴斯王為波斯地毯做出的偉大貢獻。公元16世紀，薩非王朝阿巴斯王一世遷都伊斯法罕，將當地的地毯編織推向了一個歷史高峰，伊斯法罕也因此享有“世界的一半”之美譽。
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.
