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法拉汗真絲古毯
產地：法拉汗（波斯中部）
年代：約1875年
材質：真絲
尺寸：220×135cm
AN ANTIQUE FARAHAN SILK RUG
Origin: Farahan, Central Persia
Age: circa 1875
Medium: Handspun Pure Silk
Size: 220×135cm
Description: 100% full pile, no repair, no patch, no holes, reconditioned fringes on both sides; 100% natural vegetable colours; 1,000,000 knots per square meter, 2,970,000 knots in whole carpet.
RMB: 300,000－400,000
這條獨具風韻的法拉汗古毯全部由真絲編織而成，技藝極為精湛，每平方米的編結數量達100萬個，全毯的結點數約為297萬個。由于采用了純植物性染色，隨著歲月的沉淀，整張絲毯散發著柔和沉靜的光澤，淡紫色、藍色、玫瑰紅、洋紅色以及從真絲底部透射出來的豐富的次色調，顯得愈發迷人。這條絲毯可以稱得上是薩非王朝（1501-1736）以來波斯古董毯中的上乘之作。
這條珍貴的法拉汗絲毯與波斯絲毯中最頂級的喀桑“莫塔森”絲毯風格相近。有一派學者認為，紡織大師默罕默德?哈桑?莫塔森（Hajji Mullah Muhammad Hassan Mohtaschem）就居住在法拉汗地區，并在這里創作了他一生中的數件頂級作品——而這條絲毯無疑是莫塔森的杰作之一。目前，有著莫塔森署名的地毯在世界上僅存兩條，古董毯權威雜志《Hali》曾在第36期第7頁中印有其中一條喀桑絲毯的圖片，無論從圖案設計還是全局構圖而言，都與我們眼前的這條毯子非常相似。而我們將這條絲毯的產地歸為法拉汗而不是喀桑，是基于其獨特的圖形結構、優質的絲線和明顯的年代特征，尤其是法拉汗地毯一以貫之的極其精細微妙的色彩調和。主面板中柔和的菱形圖案和簡約的裝飾就體現了這一派的顯著特征。可以說，上述所有特色都可以在這條優雅精美的地毯中找到，極具收藏、投資價值。
This important and delicately beautiful silk Farahan item is stylistically closely related to the so-called 'Mohtaschem' Silk Kashans, and there is one school of thought which maintains that the master-weaver Hajji Mullah Muhammad Hassan Mohtaschem was a native of the Farahan region, and created some of his finest works in the Farahan tradition - this rug would undoubtedly be included among his Farahan masterpieces by proponents of this theory. In fact, of the only two rugs recorded which are actually signed by Mohtaschem, the silk Kashan illustrated in Hali, Issue 36, page 7, is distinctly similar to the present item in design and overall stylistic approach. The attribution to Farahan, rather than Kashan, of our rug and others of this rare group is based on the extremely fine and distinctive structure, the wonderful quality of the silk used, the obvious age apparent in such examples and, especially, the distinctive and ultra-refined palette they invariably employ. A slight angularity in the draughtsmanship and the wonderful economy of ornament is also a distinguishing feature of the group. All these elements are definitively displayed in this graceful medallion rug, with its shimmering pastel tonality, its enchanting palette of lilacs, blues, rose and magenta, and its wealth of related secondary colours which are almost hidden beneath the sumptuous lustre of the silk. A silk Farahan of superb accomplishment, among the most beautiful and oldest silk Persian rugs knotted since the Safavid era we have encountered.
