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Catalogue: Single Owner Auction - The Kossow Collection
Auction date: Saturday 26. March 2011 at 15 o'clock
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Lot: 1 | |
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| Shahsavan Horse Cover | A yellow-ground Shahsavan horse cover woven in one piece, with a design in sumakh technique on a kilim ground. Small rectangles, each decorated with two arrows, have been arranged into vertical rows in the field. The border consists of two panels of interlocking S-forms. – Good condition. | |
| Origin: North West Persia, Azerbaijan |
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| Dimensions: 159 x 120 cm |
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| Age: First quarter 20th century |
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| Estimate: 950.00 € |
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Lot: 2 | |
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| Shahsavan Mafrash Narrow Panels (2) | Two narrow panels of a kilim mafrash of identical design, with a border of brocaded ornaments along the top edge. The red-ground fields each display an oversized white hexagon notched at the sides enclosing a gül-like diamond decorated with long hooks. – The lower end is probably missing the border, otherwise in good condition. | |
| Origin: North West Persia, Mianeh region |
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| Dimensions: a= 51x57 cm, b= 48x61 cm |
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| Age: Late 19th century |
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| Estimate: no reserve |
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Lot: 3 | |
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| Qashqa’i Horse Cover, Amaleh Tribe | A horse cover by the Amaleh tribe composed of two panels, with a warp-faced kilim ground and a design woven in sumakh technique. Two large lions holding swords (the Persian national symbol), a human figure and twelve four-legged animals stand freely on the white ground. – Slight signs of wear. | |
| Origin: South West Persia, Fars |
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| Dimensions: 143 x 130 cm |
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| Age: First quarter 20th century |
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| Estimate: 1,500.00 € |
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Lot: 4 | |
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| Qashqa’i Bag Face, Safi Khani Tribe | A bag face by the Safi Khani tribe; the pistachio coloured field is decorated with a central octagon enclosing a slanting, red solid cross. Four hooked diamonds adorn the corners; the narrow border contains reciprocal hooked designs. – Newly overcast sides, otherwise well preserved. | |
| Origin: South West Persia, Fars |
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| Dimensions: 47 x 49 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| Estimate: 2,500.00 € |
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| Literature: PARHAM, CYRUS & AZADI, SIAVOSH, Tribal and Village Rugs from Fars. Tehran 1992. Vol. 2 (Persian edition), ill. p. 17 |
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Lot: 5 | |
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| Qashqa’i Decorative Band | A decorative band with a brilliant orange kilim ground. The narrow border and horizontal stripes dividing the band into segments are pile-woven, as are the blossoms in some of the segments. Good condition. | |
| Origin: South West Persia, Fars |
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| Dimensions: 158 x 32 cm |
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| Age: First quarter 20th century |
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| Estimate: 150.00 € |
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Lot: 6 | |
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| Khamseh, Arabi Tribes | The midnight blue field is narrowed to a design bar by red trapeze shapes placed along the sides. Three white-ground diamonds with a cruciform interior drawing have been linked in a pole-like arrangement along the central axis. The rug design is decidedly narrative in character: there is a striking number of animal representations in the field, as well as four horsemen on white saddled horses. In the white-ground main border we see a human chain of 45 men and women. – Both ends somewhat reduced, newly overcast sides. Low pile, small repiled areas. | |
| Origin: South West Persia, Fars |
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| Dimensions: 234 x 170 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| Estimate: 1,300.00 € |
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| Literature: OPIE, JAMES, Tribal Rugs of Southern Persia. Portland 1981, pl. p. 101 |
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Lot: 7 | |
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| Luri Bag, Boyer Ahmadi Tribe | A rare Luri bag in mixed technique, with some flatwoven and some pile-woven sections. The (flatwoven) field displays nine knotted flowers; the border shows a knotted design of diagonal stripes. The bag is probably half of a khorjin. The back has survived. – Slight signs of wear. | |
| Origin: South West Persia, Fars |
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| Dimensions: 48 x 50 cm |
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| Age: Late 19th century |
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| Estimate: 2,000.00 € |
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Lot: 8 | |
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| Qashqa’i Chanteh | A flatwoven Qashqa’i bag in miniature format, its white-ground field densely patterned in small, dark blue diamonds containing tiny red S-forms that probably symbolise stylised mythological animals. Due to the use of cotton yarn, the lower section of the field appears distinctly lighter than the yellow wool ground above it. A plain red kilim back framed by a yellow-green serrated band. – Small rewoven sections, several repairs. | |
| Origin: South West Persia, Fars |
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| Dimensions: 56 x 33 cm |
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| Age: Late 19th century |
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| Estimate: 950.00 € |
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| Literature: LANDREAU, ANTHONY N. & PICKERING, W. R., From the Bosporus to Samarkand. Flat-Woven Rugs. Washington, D.C. 1969, no. 92 *** THOMPSON, JON, Timbuktu to Tibet. Exotic Rugs & Textiles From New York Collections. New York 2008, fig. 50 |
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Lot: 9 | |
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| Qashqa’i Decorative Band | The white flatwoven ground displays a design of human figures, amulets and diamonds symmetrically arranged around the centre; the motifs are pile-woven to produce a relief-like effect. Three and two quadrupeds respectively are woven in sumakh technique at the ends. – Slight signs of wear. | |
| Origin: South West Persia, Fars |
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| Dimensions: 174 x 25 cm |
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| Age: First quarter 20th century |
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| Estimate: 150.00 € |
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Lot: 10 | |
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| Qashqa’i Bag Face | This Qashqa’i bag face originally belonged to a khorjin. The midnight blue field is entirely filled by a large, blazing red diamond with a reciprocal hooked outline of birds’ heads and a rosette surrounded by small flowers in each corner. The narrow white-ground main border shows the vine of stylised birds that is so characteristic of Qashqa’i bags. - The closure band is preserved at the top, remains of a kilim finish survive at the bottom. Slight signs of wear. | |
| Origin: South West Persia, Fars |
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| Dimensions: 55 x 56 cm |
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| Age: Late 19th century |
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| Estimate: 850.00 € |