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Auction of rare Islamic carpets to attract collectors in region
An international auction of rare Islamic carpets will be held at The Cultural Foundation in Abu Dhabi on November 21.
- By Eman Mohammed, Staff Reporter
- Published: 23:39 November 9, 2007
- Image Credit: Supplied
- The 'Paradise Park' carpet, one of very rare and valuable carpets, to be auctioned in Abu Dhabi on November 21.
Abu Dhabi: An international auction of rare Islamic carpets will be held at The Cultural Foundation in Abu Dhabi on November 21.
The auction will include a number of valuable antique and decorative Persian and Turkoman carpets and silk carpets.
Nasser Al Daheri, an organiser, said the auction will attract carpet and antique collectors in the region. "Investors in this field are getting more discerning."
Masterpieces
The collection also includes masterpieces from the private collection of the late S. Moradpour of Tehran. It also includes early [Reza Shah] Pahlavi carpets.
Al Daheri gives an example of very fine silk and wool carpet which is expected to fetch the highest price in the auction. It is named as "Paradise Park" and is 363x271cm in size. The auction of this carpet will start from about Dh1 million.
It is among the defining works of the core Moradpour collection and is an excellent piece of work created especially for members of the Pahlavi Court and government.
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