Catalogue: Major Autumn Auction
Auction date: Saturday 26. November 2011 at 15 o'clock
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Lot: 181 | |
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| Uzbek Flatweave | A large flatwoven Uzbek cover showing a horizontal stripe design, possibly a weaving by one of the Lakai tribes. The cover is composed of 16 panels. Stripes woven in jijim technique alternate with warp-faced plainweave stripes whose designs are worked in the terme embroidery technique. The generously proportioned design elements and light palette make this a particularly beautiful example. – Good condition, the warp ends have been tied off in a net at both ends. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, Uzbekistan |
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| Dimensions: 350 x 125 cm |
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| Age: Early 20th century |
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| Estimate: 1,500.00 € |
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| Literature: HALI 74, London 1994, p. 28 *** LINDAHL, DAVID & KNORR, THOMAS, Uzbek. The textiles and life of the nomadic and sedentary Uzbek tribes of Central-Asia. Lörrach-Tüllingen 1975, pl. 5 |
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Lot: 182 | |
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| Yomut Main Carpet | A colourful Yomut main carpet showing a dense repeat of well-drawn kepse güls arranged in colour diagonals on a chestnut ground. The narrow main border contains ashik designs in a geometric, stylised double vine as well as pairs of triangles. The knotted elems show large eagle designs. – Only minimal signs of wear, original finishes all around, damage to the selvedges in places. The two braided bands employed to fix the rug to the tent trellis have survived at the top. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, West Turkestan |
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| Dimensions: 314 x 180 cm |
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| Age: Late 19th century |
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| Estimate: 3,500.00 € |
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Lot: 183 | |
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| Yomut Spindle Bag | Good condition, original finishes and decorative fringe. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, West Turkestan |
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| Dimensions: 49 x 28 cm |
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| Age: Late 19th century |
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| Estimate: 400.00 € |
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Lot: 184 | |
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| Shirvan Kilim | This large kilim woven in the Kuba region was purchased from Bausback by a South German collector in 1977. Five hooked diamonds framed by white surrounds with boldly stepped outlines are aligned on the central axis of the midnight blue field. The extra wide, red-ground border contains designs resembling hourglasses. Many of the design outlines have been accentuated by brocading. Similar Kuba kilims have been published by Petsopoulos and Hull. – Slight signs of wear, somewhat reduced ends, minor repairs, in good overall condition. | |
| Origin: East Caucasus |
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| Dimensions: 293 x 191 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| Estimate: 3,500.00 € |
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| Literature: PETSOPOULOS, YANNI, Der Kelim. Ein Handbuch. Munich 1980, no. 303 *** HULL, ALASTAIR & LUCZYC-WYHOWSKA, JOSE, Kilim. The Complete Guide. London 1993, no. 465 |
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Lot: 185 | |
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| Sehna Kilim | A black-ground Sehna kilim showing a gol farang repeat in mellow pastel shades. – Small repaired areas, the outermost border has been expertly rewoven at both ends. | |
| Origin: North West Persia, Kurdistan |
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| Dimensions: 200 x 121 cm |
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| Age: Late 19th century |
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| Estimate: 4,600.00 € |
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Lot: 186 | |
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| Farahan | A classic Farahan, its white field containing a huge sunburst medallion and two analogous medallions cut by the border. The inner sides of the field are decorated with red trees aligned towards the central axis. The extra-wide border shows floral ornaments, including vases and star-shaped flowers of a strikingly expressive style, on a midnight blue ground; the overall border design conveys an impression of rampant, abundant flora. Frequently encountered in Tabriz weavings, the design symbolises the eternal cycle of nature. The central motif represents the live-giving sun at its zenith, which brings out the flowers in nature, while the cut designs depict sunrise and sunset. The example offered here was purchased by the collector from Ulrich Schürmann in Cologne in 1975; it is a true masterpiece in drawing and palette, constituting one of the most beautiful surviving examples of the group. An almost identical Farahan is in the collection of the Tehran Carpet Museum. – Both ends somewhat reduced, minimal repairs, in very good overall condition. | |
| Origin: West Persia, Arak region |
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| Dimensions: 186 x 136 cm |
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| Age: First half 19th century |
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| Estimate: 21,000.00 € |
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| Literature: AZADI, SIAWOSCH ULRICH, Persian Carpets. Vol. 1. Inauguration of the Carpet Museum in Teheran, Iran 1977, pl. p. 49 *** BAUSBACK, PETER, Alte und antike orientalische Knüpfkunst. Mannheim 1981, pl. p. 81 *** HERRMANN, EBERHART, Seltene Orientteppiche 7. Munich 1985, no. 52 |
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Lot: 187 | |
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| Tat Shadda | An elaborately worked flatwoven Azeri decorative cover, its foundation alternating between red and blue. The design of large peacocks and smaller birds as well as stylised trees was added in sumakh technique. The old designation, verneh, has now been replaced by the term zili, which is technically more correct. Moreover, the latest research has established that such covers showing mythological designs were not woven by the Shahsavan nomads, but are weavings by the Azeri or Tat tribal groups. – In very good condition, except for minor darned sections. | |
| Origin: East Caucasus, Baku region |
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| Dimensions: 183 x 148 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| Estimate: 16,000.00 € |
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| Literature: NEUGEBAUER, RUDOLF & TROLL, SIEGFRIED, Handbuch der orientalischen Teppichkunde. Leipzig 1930, pl. 73 *** THOMPSON, JON, Carpet Magic. London 1983, pl. p. 98 *** WRIGHT, RICHARD & WERTIME, JOHN, Caucasian Carpets & Covers. The Weaving Culture. London 1995, no. VII, p. 76 |
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Lot: 188 | |
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| Kazak | The field of this rare Kazak has been divided into seven box-shaped segments separated by a surrounding border frame. Alternately green or red, the rectangles each contain a hooked diamond enclosing a large central cross as well as animals and stars. The diamonds of the main border, decorated with diagonal arms, are reminiscent of crabs or spiders. – Original selvedges, both ends minimally reduced and repiled in places, in good overall condition. | |
| Origin: South West Caucasus |
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| Dimensions: 307 x 103 cm |
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| Age: Late 19th century |
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| Estimate: 3,700.00 € |
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Lot: 189 | |
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| Bijar | A Kurdish rug in the kenareh format of very firm weave, with a Bijar knotting structure. The white field shows a repeat of offset flowering shrubs. The design of the red main border is a leaf and calyx vine. – Slight signs of wear in the pile, original finishes all around. | |
| Origin: North West Persia, Kurdistan |
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| Dimensions: 478 x 124 cm |
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| Age: Late 19th century |
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| Estimate: 2,000.00 € |
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| Literature: ENGELHARDT, EVA, Teppiche. Die Bilder des Orients. Carpets. The pictures of the Orient. Band II. Heidelberg 1978, no. 221 |
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Lot: 190 | |
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| Azeri Zili | An Azeri cover woven in zili technique in a cassette design of fifteen compartments. As most of the threads used in the foundation have been dyed a pale red-brown, this single-panel cover appears mellower in palette than comparable examples. – Well preserved except for several darned areas, with the original finishes all around. | |
| Origin: South Caucasus, Azerbaijan |
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| Dimensions: 186 x 139 cm |
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| Age: Late 19th century |
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| Estimate: 4,000.00 € |











