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Catalogue: Major Autumn Auction

Auction date: Saturday 26. November 2011 at 15 o'clock

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Tekke Main Carpet Lot: 211
Tekke Main Carpet A Tekke main carpet in a light palette, with a clear distinction between the dark blue and petrol green sections of the güls. The field design of 4 x 10 primary güls, kurbaghe secondary motifs and small tertiary güls placed at the intersections of the straight lattice is generously conceived, and all designs are impressive in their perfection of drawing. The main border consists of rectangular compartments containing octagons filled with stars, interspersed with design bars showing a rich variety of ornaments. – Original selvedges, the kilim ends are missing. Uniformly low pile, several old repairs.
Origin:
Central Asia, West Turkestan
Dimensions:
252 x 204 cm
Age:
First half 19th century
Estimate:
6,000.00 €
Literature:
LOGES, WERNER, Turkmenische Teppiche. Munich 1978, no. 2
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Tekke Khalyk Lot: 212
Tekke Khalyk Most of the surviving small-format, pile-woven trappings of this kind, called khalyk (or ‘deslik’ in Tzareva), were woven by the Tekke tribe. During the wedding procession, a khalyk was fixed across the gap of the covered bridal litter, but after the ceremony the weavings were rarely used and guarded as a family’s textile treasures. Since they were valuable prestige objects, it is not surprising that the ca. 100 khalyks now known are of high quality. Their most striking features are their U-shape, with vertical arms and a triangular central flap, and their elobarate tassels (if preserved). Tekke khalyks may be divided into groups on the basis of their respective designs. Previously exhibited in Gothenburg in 1999, this example belongs to the same group as IB 2750 of the Rickmers Collection in the Berlin Museum and the khalyk from the Pinner Collection (special auction RB A 62, # 37). – On account of their generally early date, many khalyks have only survived in considerably damaged form. Frequently they are so blackened by smoke and soot from the tent fires that the effect of their delicate designs has suffered. This item does not show any such damage; the brilliant clarity of its design is striking. The light palette indicates that the piece was woven in the area of the Ahkal oasis. – The long decorative tassels of alternating colours have been preserved at the lower end, as have the original kilim, folded back on the reverse, and fastening cords. Minimal moth damage. In view of its great age, this rare collector’s item is very well preserved.
Origin:
Central Asia, West Turkestan
Dimensions:
40 x 23 x 77 cm
Age:
Early 19th century
Estimate:
15,000.00 €
Literature:
PINNER, ROBERT, The Rickmers Collection. Turkoman Rugs. Berlin 1993, no. 44 *** PINNER, ROBERT & FRANSES, MICHAEL, Turkoman Studies I. London 1980, ill. 395 *** McMULLAN, JOSEPH V. & REICHERT, DONALD O., The George W. V. and Belle Townsley Smith collection of Islamic Rugs. Springfield, Mass. 1970, no. 69 *** TZAREVA, ELENA, Teppiche aus Mittelasien und Kasachstan. Leningrad 1984, no. 39 *** Khalyks at Rippon Boswell: FFM 10, 15/11/80, # 133 *** FFM 15, 15/05/82, # 81 *** FFM 16, 20/11/82, # 84 *** FFM 20, 10/11/84, # 71 *** A 29, 06/05/89, # 70 *** A 35, 28/03/92, # 119 *** A 39, 13/11/93, # 106 *** A 44, 11/05/96, # 59 *** A 46, 16/11/96, # 86 *** A 48, 22/11/97, # 149 *** A 57, 17/11/2001, # 38 *** A 62, 15/05/2004, # 37 and # 65 *** A 65, 28/05/2005, # 142
Published:
KONSTHALLEN GÖTEBORG (publ.), Mönstrets Mysterier. Orientaliska Mattor & Textilier. Gothenburg 1999, pl. p. 11
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Fulani Cover Lot: 213
Fulani Cover A white-ground woollen blanket composed of two panels, with a graphic design of simple geometric forms in brown, red and yellow. Called khasa, such blankets were used by the cattle herders of the Fulani tribe as protection from the scorching sun and night cold as well as mosquitoes. They were distributed as trade objects in all of Western Africa and the Sahara. – Good condition.
Origin:
West Africa, Mali
Dimensions:
288 x 126 cm
Age:
First half 20th century
Estimate:
1,200.00 €
Literature:
GILLOW, JOHN. African Textiles. London 2003, pl. p. 48
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Luri Gabbeh Lot: 214
Luri Gabbeh A Luri gabbeh from Fars in which hooked stepped polygons and diamonds filled with stars produce a simply conceived design in the light red field. The pretty flatwoven finishes show a domino design. – Well preserved, original finishes all around.
Origin:
South West Persia, Fars
Dimensions:
222 x 117 cm
Age:
First quarter 20th century
Estimate:
1,000.00 €
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Samarkand Lot: 215
Samarkand Suzanis from Samarkand can be distinguished by the oversized scale of their designs, their lively style of drawing and specific colour scheme. The extra-wide border stands out in this example; the actual field is comparatively small. – Several restored areas, small holes, stains. The embroidery has worn away in places.
Origin:
Central Asia, Uzbekistan
Dimensions:
260 x 185 cm
Age:
Second half 19th century
Estimate:
7,000.00 €
Literature:
TSCHEPELEWEZKAJA, G. L. & SUCHAREWA, O. A., Susani Usbekistans. Ein Beitrag zur Technik, Ornamentik und Symbolik der usbekischen Seidenstickereien. Hamburg 1991, no. 23
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Bijar Vagireh Lot: 216
Bijar Vagireh Instead of the design of huge split vines (split arabesque design) typically seen in Garrus vagirehs, this rare Bijar sample rug shows four complete and four cut circular flowers linked by flowering twigs. The field is divided into a white and a brown zone, and the designs have been adapted to their respective ground colour, with the palette modified accordingly. – Original finishes all around, slight damage to the selvedges, signs of age and wear, low pile.
Origin:
North West Persia, Kurdistan
Dimensions:
196 x 144 cm
Age:
Late 19th century
Estimate:
6,500.00 €
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Garrus Vagireh Lot: 217
Garrus Vagireh This large vagireh with a heavily corroded brown field resembles an example published by Eskenazi. Huge arabesques interspersed with flowering shrubs extend across the entire width of the field. The two pieces differ in the design of their main borders; here, we see the classic vine design of Garrus rugs, with red palmettes and diagonal leaves entwined in a yellow vine. Vagirehs served as design models for much larger carpets, and showed designs at their original scale for demonstration purposes. – Heavily corroded brown sections, low pile, damaged selvedges, slightly reduced ends.
Origin:
North West Persia, Kurdistan
Dimensions:
232 x 154 cm
Age:
Second half 19th century
Estimate:
3,600.00 €
Literature:
ESKENAZI, JOHN J., L'Arte del Tappeto Orientale. Milan 1983, no. 184 *** HERRMANN, EBERHART, Asiatische Teppich- und Textilkunst 3. Munich 1991, no. 33 *** BIGGS, D. (ed.), Discoveries from Kurdish Looms. Evanston 1983, no. 10 *** Christie’s, New York, 13th December 2000, # 162 *** Sotheby’s, New York, 2nd December 2003, # 74
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Daghestan Prayer Rug Lot: 218
Daghestan Prayer Rug The white field below the towering prayer arch shows a repeat of hooked diamonds placed in offset rows. The arch encloses a house-like form. The red main border contains S-shaped abstract birds. The provenance of this prayer rug, Daghestan rather than Shirvan, where very similar weavings were made, can be deducted from its slightly coarser weave and different proportions. – Original finishes all around, uniformly low pile.
Origin:
North East Caucasus
Dimensions:
155 x 93 cm
Age:
Late 19th century
Estimate:
2,500.00 €
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Bergama Canakkale Lot: 219
Bergama Canakkale The light red field of this village rug from Canakkale, a coastal town on the Dardanelles, is dominated by two huge, white-ground octagons. Each encloses a blue balky star, its eight arms decorated with red hooked diamonds, as well as a central octagon with a lattice design. Octagons filled with stars also adorn the white-ground main border. – Slight signs of wear in the pile, otherwise in good condition, with the original selvedges and red kilim ends.
Origin:
North West Anatolia
Dimensions:
212 x 143 cm
Age:
Late 19th century
Estimate:
2,300.00 €
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Saddle Cover Lot: 220
Saddle Cover The weave and palette of this extremely rare saddle cover suggest a provenance in West Anatolia. The white field, its inner sides decorated with flowers on diagonal stems, shows a design of small chevrons; three rows of eight-pointed stars adorn the upper and lower ends. – Original sides, both ends somewhat reduced. In good overall condition.
Origin:
West Anatolia
Dimensions:
78 x 74 cm
Age:
First half 19th century
Estimate:
4,800.00 €