Catalogue: Major Autumn Auction
Auction date: Saturday 26. November 2011 at 15 o'clock
| Lot: 131 | ||
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| Ningxia Bench Runner | A long bench runner consisting of ten compartments, identical in design and palette and still attached. Each compartment displays a disc medallion on a canary yellow ground and cloud motifs in the red-ground border. – Good condition. | |
| Origin: West China |
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| Dimensions: 532 x 57 cm |
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| Age: Mid 19th century |
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| Estimate: 3,500.00 € |
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Lot: 132 | |
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| Ningxia Bench Runner | A long bench runner consisting of ten compartments, identical in design and palette and still attached. Each compartment shows a disc medallion on a canary yellow ground and cloud motifs in the red-ground border. – Good condition. | |
| Origin: West China |
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| Dimensions: 557 x 61 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| Estimate: 3,000.00 € |
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| Published: KONSTHALLEN GÖTEBORG (publ.), Mönstrets Mysterier. Orientaliska Mattor & Textilier. Gothenburg 1999, pl. p. 32 left |
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Lot: 133 | |
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| Ningxia | A large Ningxia carpet from the Ch'ien-lung period (1735 – 1795). The rosewood-coloured field shows a design of floral disc medallions, butterflies and flowering twigs symmetrically arranged around a small central motif. – Heavily worn pile in places, original selvedges, somewhat reduced ends. | |
| Origin: West China |
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| Dimensions: 376 x 190 cm |
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| Age: Second half 18th century |
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| Estimate: 7,500.00 € |
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| Literature: DIMAND, MAURICE S. & MAILEY, JEAN, Oriental Rugs in the Metropolitan Museum in New York. New York 1973, fig. 285, p. 167 |
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Lot: 134 | |
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| Bijar Silk Kilim | A precious, all silk, extremely fine Bijar kilim, with a blazing red field, a blue central medallion and six bouquets protruding into the field from the corners and sides. The surviving kilims from this specific group are virtually indistinguishable in terms of design, which appears baroque, and only really differ in colour scheme. The offset lines in the foundation that form a fine lattice in the field are a typical feature. The design of these kilims is probably influenced by French fabrics. – Very good condition. | |
| Origin: North West Persia, Kurdistan |
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| Dimensions: 199 x 126 cm |
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| Age: Ca. 1900 |
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| Estimate: 8,000.00 € |
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| Literature: DENNY, WALTER B. & WALKER, DANIEL, The Markarian Album. Cincinnati 1988, pl. 85 *** PLÖTZE, KARL-MICHAEL, Welt der Kelims. Barsinghausen 2001, no. 100 |
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Lot: 135 | |
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| Sehna | Called ‘hash’ gül in Persia, the design of eight botehs radiating out from a central floral star was especially popular in the 19th century. In Sehna carpets the design is frequently employed in a dense repeat of complex appearance; here, it alternates with diamond motifs in the cream field. The red-ground main border is decorated with white cartouches, each enclosing a flowering plant. – Both ends minimally reduced, in good overall condition. | |
| Origin: North West Persia, Kurdistan |
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| Dimensions: 193 x 140 cm |
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| Age: Ca. 1900 |
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| Estimate: 5,800.00 € |
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Lot: 136 | |
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| Ersari Trapping | An Ersari jollar in a light palette. Three diamonds decorated with large scrolled hooks, two octagons and small amulet forms adorn the red field. The border contains kotchak ornaments. – Original finishes all around, good condition. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, central Amu Darya valley |
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| Dimensions: 46 x 132 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| Estimate: 2,300.00 € |
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Lot: 137 | |
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| Kizil Ayak Palace Size Carpet | This huge carpet, a Kizil Ayak Turkmen weaving judging by it structure and design, was a commission produced in workshop conditions. Its size suggests that it was woven for a palace in one of the oasis towns. The red field is very densely patterned in tauk nuska güls and chemche secondary motifs, the white border contains halved hooked diamonds. – Slight signs of wear in the pile, original finishes all around. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, West Turkestan |
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| Dimensions: 667 x 288 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| Estimate: 6,500.00 € |
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Lot: 138 | |
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| Shakhrisyabz Suzani | A magnificent Shakhrisyabz silk embroidery on a six-panel cotton ground. The field shows a classic four-and-one composition of circular, brilliant red poppy blossoms linked by lively green twigs. Eight palmettes radiate out from the central blossom. The field design is symmetrically conceived around the vertical as well as the horizontal central axes. – Heavily patinated, several holes backed with fabric, restored sections, the embroidery of the blue-black outlines has been repaired in places. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, Uzbekistan |
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| Dimensions: 273 x 190 cm |
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| Age: Mid 18th century |
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| Estimate: 23,000.00 € |
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| Literature: VOK, IGNAZIO, Vok Collection. Suzani. Eine textile Kunst aus Zentralasien. Munich 1994, no. 34 *** LINDAHL, DAVID & KNORR, THOMAS, Uzbek. The textiles and life of the nomadic and sedentary Uzbek tribes of Central-Asia. Lörrach-Tüllingen 1975, pl. 20 *** GRUBE, ERNST J., Keshte. Central Asian Embroideries. The Marshall and Marilyn Wolf Collection. New York 2003, no. 15 *** KALTER, JOHANNES & PALALOI, MARGARETA, Usbekistan. Erben der Seidenstraße. Stuttgart 1995, ill. 548 |
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Lot: 139 | |
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| Chichi Prayer Rug | A dated, blue-ground chichi prayer rug showing a small mihrab executed in the Konagkend style on a field covered in large floral stars. The white hands depicted on either side of the arch are a protective symbol (hand of Fatima). Further examples of this rare group were published by Battilossi and Engelhardt. – New overcasting along the sides, the original kilim finishes have survived at both ends. Uniformly low pile, several small repairs. | |
| Origin: East Caucasus, Kuba region |
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| Dimensions: 148 x 130 cm |
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| Age: Dated 1297 = 1880 |
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| Estimate: 4,500.00 € |
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| Literature: BATTILOSSI, MAURIZIO, Tappeti d'Antiquariato. Catalogo II. Turin 1987, no. 7 *** ENGELHARDT, EVA, Orientteppiche der Sonderklasse. Sammlerexemplare aus vergangener Zeit. Heidelberg 1982, pl. p. 125 |
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| Published: KONSTHALLEN GÖTEBORG (publ.), Mönstrets Mysterier. Orientaliska Mattor & Textilier. Gothenburg 1999, pl. p. 41 top, pl. p. 7 |
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Lot: 140 | |
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| Akstafa Prayer Rug | A blue-ground Akstafa prayer rug with a diamond lattice design of white serrated leaves containing large hooked diamonds. The extra-long format is typical of the provenance. The right-angled mihrab decorated with diagonal crosses has been placed at the very top end of the field, its arch flanked by two cypresses. – Original light blue cotton selvedges, remains of the kilim finishes have been preserved at both ends. Uniformly low pile. | |
| Origin: South East Caucasus |
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| Dimensions: 183 x 82 cm |
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| Age: Late 19th century |
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| Estimate: 2,500.00 € |
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| Literature: BENARDOUT, RAYMOND, Caucasian Rugs. London 1978, pl. p. 46 *** BAUSBACK, PETER, Alte und antike orientalische Knüpfkunst. Mannheim 1980, pl. p. 50 |
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