Most Expensive Persian Rugs
When you go to a local neighborhood store for rare and expensive rugs in all.
Most expensive persian rugs. The 16th century rug is from central persia. X 170 cm which was sold by christie s in 2008 for a staggering price tag of us 4 450 000. It was a 1600s era persian rug in the rarest of rare vase technique patterns depicting sickle leaf motifs on a field of dark red. However even in the case of beautiful rugs there is a wide range of types and prices often difficult to understand especially for those who are not experts in the sector.
Take a look at the top 10 most expensive oriental rugs in the world. The kerman vase carpet woven in the mid 17 th century at one time held the record for the most expensive rug ever sold at auction. Starting out our top 5 list is doris duke s isfahan carpet owned by the tobacco heiress who was herself a highly discriminating oriental rug and persian carpet. Owning a persian carpet is like owning a valuable piece of history.
Even as the rarest of masterpieces in handmade rugs it was expected to bring in around 10 million dollars but the unknown buyer was not willing to. Genuine carpets from iran formerly known as persia are treasured by collectors world. The most expensive rug ever sold is the sotheby s 17th century antique persian carpet which sold for 33 million shattering all records and becoming the most expensive rug ever sold the auction at sotheby s new york baffled everyone. It s almost a cliche that the best rugs are persian rugs.
Below are five of the most expensive oriental rugs ever sold in the world outside of the clark sickle leaf which was sold for a whopping 33 765 000. In fact the carpet tradition as we understand it today originated in the east and the most valuable and famous artifacts come from ancient persia. A persian rug foreground from the 17th century is nearly 3 5 million at nazmiyal antique rugs in new york. As you already know persian rugs have been one of the most popular and also most expensive of oriental rugs.
With limited use of red green and blue this rug measures in at 7 feet 7 inches by 5 feet 7 inches. Silk isfahan rug the most expensive rug in the world. For instance sotheby s of new york holds the record for the most expensive carpet ever sold at auction which went for a heart stopping 33 million in 2013. Persia was the first country which started using woolen hand woven rugs so depending on experience which this country has gathered for centuries and the diversity in designs with different weaving techniques persian rugs are highest quality product on market as well as expensive.
The world s most expensive rug is this silk isfahan rug measuring 7 ft.