Friedrich Rosen, German diplomat and Orientalist (based in various countries including Iran, Jerusalem, Morocco and Europe); German Foreign Minister in 1921
Thence by family inheritance

Measurements 134cm wide across the top, 130cm across the bottom, 212cm long left side, 212cm long right side. Even 2mm pile overall. Some minor surface marks. Small section from top left corner missing (approx. 0.8cm high by 3cm.wide). Extant flat weave and fringes at both ends, overcast sides. Slightly curled edges, especially lower left corner. Velcro attached across the top for hanging purposes, and old threads visible from previous hanging method. Would benefit from a clean. Specialist comment: Lovely drawing and details. EMBARGO ON IMPORTATION OF PERSIAN/IRANIAN WORKS OF ART TO THE USA. Due to recent changes in the U.S. law, carpets and rugs of Iranian/Persian origin can no longer be imported into the U.S. Please check with the sale administrator if you are uncertain as to whether a lot is subject to these or any other restrictions or if you need assistance with such enquiries.
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Friedrich Rosen was born into a family of protestant Westphalian 'Orient' scholars and British-Jewish musicians. His grandfather, Friedrich Ballhorn-Rosen, was from a family of Protestant priests and was a Sanskrit scholar, and his father Georg Rosen, a Prussian diplomat in Constantinople and Jerusalem, studied modern Turkish and wrote on the 'Jews and Phoenicians'. The mulitlingual Friedrich Rosen, with his political and cultural interests, formed friendships and relationships which extended from the court of the Shah of Persia, to German academics and the Kaiser, Ottoman officials, and travellers including Iraqi Bedouins and the British writer and explorer Gertrude Bell. He compiled scientific studies of the Orient and is remembered for his translation into German of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. His diplomatic career culminated in him becoming the German Foreign Minister in 1921. He travelled across Persia in 1887 from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea.

See also lot 190, a Yomut main caꦬrpet, West Turkestan, from the same family.

EMBARGO ON IMPORTATION OF PERSIAN/IRANIAN WORKS OF ART TO THE USA.
Due to recen𓆉t changes in the U.S. law, carpets and rugs of Iranian/Persian origin can no longer be imported into the U.S.

Please check with the sale administrator if you are uncertain as to whether a lot is subject to these or any other restrictions or if you need ⭕assistance with such enquiries.