9 x 6 "JOSEPH THE PROPHET FARSHCHIAN DESIGN RUG

Seltenfeiner Bilderteppich
nach einem Entwurf von
MAHMOUD
FARSHCHIAN

Your extraordinary virtuosity conjures up so many moods, forms, and legends known from classical Persian painting. Your mastery of brush and pigment, as well as your intense devotion to a vital tradition, rewards those wrho travel through the world of your miniatures and drawings. For a foreigner such as myself, who has been addicted to Persian painting for most of his life (a slightly longer one than yours), it is exciting to recognize many motifs and characterizations. The spirits of Sultan Muhammad, Mirza 'Ali, Reza 'Abbasi and of many, many other "old friends" are re-animated in your pictures. As a citizen of the world-as well as of Persia-, however, you also reveal appreciation of other master artists, from Europe as well as China and beyond. I sense, for instance, that like me you admire the astonishing imagination of Gustave Dore, a wizard whose dashing lines and flickering images would have brought smiles to Sultan Muhammad himself."...

Stuart Cary Welch Harvard Universitv Art Museums,
Busch-Reisinger Museum,
Fogg Art Museum,
Arthur M. Sackler Museum

Opening an art book of Mahmoud Farshchian is like leaping into the heart of a magical realm. A happy blend of the real and imaginary at once sets the tone for everything, thanks to an alchemy whose secret formula he seems to be one of the few to possess. People, nature, animals and objects are present; we recognize them for what they are, but at the same time we begin to see them differently. We do not see them in a dream, but touch them with a different way of looking. This is what makes Mahmoud Farshchian unique and exceptional. That is how it is. This is another stroke of the master's skill.

Federico Mayor Director General of UNESCO

On account of their extraordinary draftsmanship, their wide coloristic range and innate sense of the decorative aspect, the drawings and painting of Mr. Mahmoud Farshchian are in the true tradition of the great Iranian painters."

Dr. Richard Ettinghausen,
Director The Department of Islamic Art,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY 1969-1979


"I am always amazed at the beautiful draftsmanship and the skill displayed in the paintings by Farshchian. "

Dr. Harold P. Stern,
Director Smithsonian Institute,
Freer Gallery of Art,
Washington, DC
1971-1977

"It is a pleasure to show the imaginative creations of Mr Farshchian, who surely, must be considered among the most talented contemporary artists"

Daniel M. MacMaster,
President Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL

Exremely fine pictural rug
made from design of
MAHMOUD
FARSHCHIAN

Dieser außergewöhnlich schöne und seltenfeine Teppich ist ein Highlight in jeder Teppichsammlung. Der Teppich wurde in jahrelanger Handarbeit nach einem Entwurf des weltbekannten Künstlers MAHMOUD FARSHCHIAN angefertigt. Der Teppich ist ein Meisterwerk in perfekter Knüpfung und Ausstrahlung. Mehr über Mahmoud Farshchian erfahren Sie unter www.farshchianart.com

Über diesen Teppich:

Der Teppich zeigt den biblischen JOSEF. Er durchquerte die Wüste mit seinen Brüdern. Die waren eifersüchtig auf Ihren jüngsten Bruder, da er der Schönste und Intelligenteste von ihnen war. Ihr Vater mochte ihn am liebsten. In ihrer Eifersucht entschieden sie Ihn zu töten. Es sollte wie ein Unfall aussehen, und sie warfen Josef in einen Brunnen um ihn seinem Schicksal zu überlassen. Jedoch fand in eine ägyptische Karawane und brachte Josef als Sklaven an den Hof des Pharao. Dort verliebte sich die Frau des Pharao in den gut aussehenden jungen Mann. Sie erzählte ihren 17 Hofdamen über Ihre Gefühle für Josef. Diese lachten sie aus, wegen Ihrer Gefühle für einen Sklaven. Aufgebracht über diese Frechheit ordnete die Frau des Pharao eine Bewährungsprobe für die Hofdamen an.

JOSEF wurde gewaschen und wie ein Prinz gekleidet. Die Wächter brachten ihn in einen Raum mit den Hofdamen. Diese erhielten den Befehl, in seiner Gegenwart einen Apfel mit einem scharfen Dolch zu schälen. Diejenige, die sich nicht schneiden würde, konnte auf die Gnade der Frau des Pharao hoffen. Doch alle Hofdamen wurden von Josefs Schönheit und den Flammen der Liebe geblendet. Alle schnitten sich in Finger und Hände.

Diese Geschichte steht so nicht in der Bibel. Jedoch wird sie so in der arabischen und persischen Welt erzählt. Da der Nahe Osten das Ursprungsland des Christentums, des Judentums und des Islam ist, kommen viele dieser Geschichten in allen drei Religionen in unterschiedlicher Version vor und werden von Generation zu Generation überliefert.

This unique and most beautiful, extremly fine rug is a highlight in every rug collection. This piece was made in years of work by some of the world`s most skilled weavers. It was woven taking design from the world famous persian Artist MAHMOUD FARSHCHIAN, who`s pictures enrich many great collections of art all over the world. More about Mr. Farshchian: www.farshchianart.com

About this pictural rug:

The rug is showing the biblic JOSEF. He was traveling thru the desert with his 11 brothers. The where jealous, because Josef, the youngest, most intellegent and best looking of the brothers, was their fathers favorit son. The decided to kill him. Since they did not want to lay a hand on him, they put him into a deep well, to leave him with his faith. But soon a caravan of egyptian soldiers came by and they found young JOSEF sitting in the well. They took him as a slave to the Pharaos court. When he was brought to the Pharao, the Pharaos wife saw JOSEF. She instantly fell in love with the beautiful young man. She told her 17 court ladies about her feelings for Josef. They began to laugh at her, because she was in love with a slave. Mad about their naughty behavior, she ordered them to stand an test.

All the court ladies where locked up in a room. JOSEF was washed and dressed like a prince. Guardieans led him into the room with the court ladies. The women where ordered to peel an apple with a sharp knife. The one who would not cut herselve was not to be punished for her behavior. But unfortunately they all where blended by the flames of love, that already had charmed the Pharaos wife. All of them cut their fingers and arms.

This is not the story from the bible. This tale is told in all the arabic and persian world. Due to the same historic roots of Islam, Christianity and Jewish Religion, there are often parallel tales and legends that are passend on from generation to generation.