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Catalogue: Major Autumn Auction
Auction date: Saturday 05. December 2009 at 15 o'clock
| Lot: 141 | ||
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| Bakhshaish | Both ends somewhat reduced, original selvedges. Slight signs of age and wear, small repairs. | |
| Origin: North West Persia |
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| Dimensions: 452 x 307 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| Estimate: 22,000.00 € |
| Lot: 142 | ||
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| Tekke Main Carpet | A classic main carpet by the Tekke Turkmen from the area of the Akhal Oasis with 4 x 10 primary güls and kurbaghe secondary motifs, their centres decorated with eight-pointed stars. – Very good condition with a high pile, original selvedges, kilim finishes preserved, only minimal repairs. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, West Turkestan |
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| Dimensions: 280 x 196 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| Estimate: 6,500.00 € |
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| Literature: THOMPSON, JON, Carpet Magic. London 1983, no. 64 |
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| Lot: 143 | ||
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| Salor Torba | Previously unpublished, this Salor torba, probably made between 1800 and 1830, is one of the small-format kejebe weavings without a darvaza gül. Indications for its age are the distinct patina, the high proportion of raspberry silk sections and the perfection of the drawing. The exact use of small-format kejebe weavings (wedding trappings or bag faces?) is uncertain. – Sides newly overcast, top and bottom finishes slightly reduced. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, West Turkestan |
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| Dimensions: 46 x 135 cm |
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| Age: Early 19th century |
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| Estimate: 12,000.00 € |
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| Literature: Mackie, Louise & Thompson, Jon, Turkmen. Tribal Carpets and Traditions. Washington 1980, no. 10 *** TKF-WIEN (publ.), Antike Orientteppiche aus österreichischem Besitz. Vienna 1986, no. 105 |
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| Lot: 144 | ||
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| Shirvan | The “forked leaf” design was widely used in the Kuba region, usually in long and narrow carpets. However, the knotting structure suggests that this pretty example was made in the Shirvan area. Rug formats displaying the “forked leaf” design are comparatively rare. – Original selvedges, restored finishes at both ends, slight signs of wear in the pile and minor restored areas. | |
| Origin: East Caucasus |
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| Dimensions: 158 x 128 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| Estimate: 4,400.00 € |
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| Literature: EDER, DORIS, Orientteppiche. Band 1: Kaukasische Teppiche. Munich 1979, no. 312 |
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| Lot: 145 | ||
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| Karabagh Prayer Rug | The narrow field shows large, closely spaced, hooked diamonds in pretty colour combinations on a white ground, with a blue mihrab in the style of East Caucasian prayer rugs at the top. The red main border contains stacked calyxes decorated with birds´ heads at the top. – Both ends restored, slight signs of wear in the pile. | |
| Origin: South Caucasus |
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| Dimensions: 159 x 86 cm |
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| Age: Late 19th century |
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| Estimate: 3,000.00 € |
| Lot: 146 | ||
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| Azeri Horse Cover | A splendid flat-woven horse cover by the Azeri Turks from the southern Caucasus. The cover consists of two panels woven separately and joined at the centre. Three wide horizontal panels at the lower end show animals, humans and plants; the section above, plain red at the centre, is also decorated with imaginative animals around the tabs for the horse´s neck. Excellent quality, very good condition. | |
| Origin: South Caucasus |
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| Dimensions: 173 x 127 cm |
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| Age: Dated 1314 = 1897 |
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| Estimate: 4,400.00 € |
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| Literature: VOLKMANN, MARTIN (ed.), Alte Orientteppiche. Ausgewählte Stücke deutscher Privatsammlungen. Munich 1985, no. 80 |
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| Lot: 147 | ||
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| Farahan | In the Persian view, the design of this Farahan, a powerful sunburst medallion on an cream field that is undecorated except for two cut medallions and red shrubs extending into it at the top, bottom and sides, symbolises the eternal cycle of nature. The central design is the life-giving sun, shown at its zenith, the cut ornaments show sunrise and sunset, and the plants will only flower because of the sun´s rays. This carpet, of supreme quality and in excellent condition, with the full pile preserved, was exhibited at the Hamburg Museum für Kunsthandwerk in 1971. | |
| Origin: West Persia, Arak region |
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| Dimensions: 200 x 129 cm |
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| Age: Mid 19th century |
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| Estimate: 17,500.00 € |
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| Literature: HERRMANN, EBERHART, Seltene Orientteppiche 7. Munich 1985, no. 52 *** ESKENAZI, JOHN J., L'Arte del Tappeto Orientale. Milan 1983, no. 198 *** BAUSBACK, PETER, Alte und antike orientalische Knüpfkunst. Mannheim 1980, pl. p. 93 |
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| Published: AZADI, SIAWOSCH & MEISTER, PETER WILHELM, Persische Teppiche. (Exhibition at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg). Hamburg 1971, no. 63 |
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| Lot: 148 | ||
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| North West Persian Long Rug | The field of this very long rug has a dense repeat of colourful diagonal stripes adorned with small botehs. A beige-ground main border with a floral design and two green secondary borders. – Restored end finishes, signs of wear in the pile. | |
| Origin: Azerbaijan |
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| Dimensions: 400 x 105 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| Estimate: 3,600.00 € |
| Lot: 149 | ||
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| Borjalou Prayer Rug | Very well preserved except for several small repiled sections at the lower finish, original finishes all around. | |
| Origin: South West Caucasus, Kazak region |
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| Dimensions: 161 x 116 cm |
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| Age: Dated 1323 = 1906 |
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| Estimate: 3,600.00 € |
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| Literature: KAFFEL, RALPH, Caucasian Prayer Rugs. London 1998, no. 6 |
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| Lot: 150 | ||
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| Agra | Except for slight signs of age and wear, this densely woven, heavy Agra carpet is well preserved, with the original selvedges and a high pile. | |
| Origin: North India |
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| Dimensions: 445 x 347 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| Estimate: 30,000.00 € |

