Proveniens: Tysk samling. Safavid carpets are frequently to be seen in Dutch seventeenth century paintings and of all Safavid carpets the Herats were the ones most widely distributed throughout Europe and mainly to countries which has trade-relations with India and Persia through the East India companies.

Literature(related ex.): (1)Freidrich Spuhler, Berlin. “Islamic Carpets and Textiles in the Keir collection”, London 1978. P. 93–94, pl. 48.

(2)Friedrich Sarre and Hermann Trenkwald, Leipzig, 1926. Old Oriental Carpets. Vol. I.(Issued by the Austrian Museum for Art and Industry), pl. 16.

(3)McMullan Joseph, New York. Islamic Carpets, 1965. Published by Islamic Research Center for Near Eastern Art. Pl. 13.