(High-Collectible-Plus) (One of 70 "Best-of-Their-Type Rugs" Sold in 2025)  This eloquently expressed nearly 200-year-old rug speaks to the artistic inspiration found in the most superlative pieces from the Kashan tradition at that time. A sweeping starflower inner medallion encloses a brilliant lotus centerpiece, all on a sunset cinnabar ground, juxtaposed by a penetrating inky midnight blue. Understated pendants seamlessly blend with the surrounding parchment-toned field filled by classical and gently eccentric palmettes and blossoms. Each is interconnected by wire-thin filigree tendrils, capturing the delicacy of detail for which Mohtashams are renowned. Along the field’s perimeter, a controlled avant-garde addition expresses some of the vast variety of pattern language found from this distinguished weaving guild. In rarely seen small room-size dimensions, it reflects a masterful aesthetic sensitivity in the symphonic melding of pattern, color, and a magnificent sense of scale. Its lamb’s wool pile still shimmers.

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