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Catalogue: Major Spring Auction
Auction date: Saturday 28. May 2011 at 15 o'clock
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All prices include the buyer’s premium of 22 % on the hammer price. All prices in EURO..
| Exchange rate | |
| 0.845 GBP | 1 Euro |
| 1.285 USD | 1 Euro |
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Lot: 142 | |
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| Konya Kilim | A large, white-ground Central Anatolian kilim composed of three panels: the field was woven as a single panel and the two borders woven separately and attached later. This approach avoids the misalignment of the design along the central axis that is so typical of two-panel Anatolian kilims. Judging by the clear and brilliant colours and balanced composition, this kilim is likely to date no later than the mid 19th century. – Original finishes all around, good condition, only slight damage to the sides. | |
| Origin: Central Anatolia |
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| Dimensions: 415 x 157 cm |
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| Age: Mid 19th century |
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| End price: 5,856.00 € |
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Lot: 147 | |
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| Malayer | Judging by its single-weft structure, this rug belongs to the Malayer group. Its extremely fine weave makes it one of the most high-quality examples we have seen so far. Its extremely dense repeat of delicate green twigs decorated with blossoms and botehs and arranged diagonally on the beige-ground field corresponds to the taste of the Persian upper class during the Qajar period. – Original finishes all around, pile in good condition. The selvedges have torn in various places, several minor areas were restored some time ago and now deviate slightly in colour. | |
| Origin: West Persia |
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| Dimensions: 187 x 113 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| End price: 4,392.00 € |
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Lot: 148 | |
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| Shakhrisyabz Suzani | Very good condition, backed with fabric. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, Uzbekistan |
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| Dimensions: 284 x 223 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| End price: 24,400.00 € |
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Lot: 150 | |
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| Göklen Torba | This splendid torba was made by Göklen Turkmen in the North East Persian region bordering West Turkestan. The face, showing a design of diamonds enclosing ram’s horn motifs, is all silk woven in sumakh technique – an extremely fine and elaborate piece. – Very good condition, with a long, red and blue decorative fringe along the lower finish and a cream kilim back. | |
| Origin: North East Persia, Gurgan region |
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| Dimensions: 36 x 127 cm |
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| Age: Early 20th century |
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| End price: 1,220.00 € |
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| Literature: PINNER, ROBERT, The Rickmers Collection. Turkoman Rugs. Berlin 1993, pl. 57 |
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Lot: 151 | |
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| Lakai Suzani | A rare Lakai Suzani of the ruijo type on a green silk ground. Backed with an old cotton fabric. – Several stains, otherwise in good condition. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, Uzbekistan |
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| Dimensions: 144 x 102 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| End price: 4,636.00 € |
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Lot: 153 | |
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| Chodor Ensi | In this Chodor door rug, the brown field is entirely patterned in blue-green and red erre güls placed in offset rows. Each end has an elem showing rows of trees. – Damage to the sides all around, slightly reduced lower end. Signs of wear and creases in the field, very low pile in places. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, West Turkestan |
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| Dimensions: 166 x 122 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| End price: 3,904.00 € |
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Lot: 160 | |
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| Bakhtiari Gabbeh | A small, coarsely woven Bakhtiari gabbeh with an expressive design of multi-coloured zigzag stripes and a narrow white-ground border. – Good condition, original finishes all around. | |
| Origin: Western Central Persia |
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| Dimensions: 145 x 110 cm |
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| Age: Mid 20th century |
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| End price: 1,830.00 € |
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Lot: 168 | |
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| Screen | Four panels of a knotted screen that probably once consisted of eight panels. The panels are connected in pairs by a velvet ribbon. Most known screens are worked in petit point embroidery, and knotted examples are exceptionally rare. Thus it is possible that this item may have been produced in Paris, and may be associated with the royal workshops of the Savonnerie. Naturalistically drawn animals surrounded by a fantastic flora adorn the four panels; gables of varying shapes and design arch over the narrow fields, making them appear like windows through which the viewer observes nature’s wonders. The detailed and three-dimensional representations, with light and shadow effects, would have required a drawn and coloured cartoon. Surprisingly, the full brilliance of the colours has been preserved. – Very good condition. | |
| Origin: France |
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| Dimensions: a = 136 x 142 cm, b = 132 x 140 cm |
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| Age: 18th century |
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| End price: 244,000.00 € |
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Lot: 171 | |
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| Tekke Germech | A rare Tekke threshold rug (germech) showing a tree design often seen in the elems of Tekke chuvals. – Slight damage to the two upper corners, otherwise in very good condition. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, West Turkestan |
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| Dimensions: 23 x 85 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| End price: 671.00 € |
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| Literature: AZADI, SIAWOSCH, Turkoman Carpets and the Ethnographic Significance of their Ornaments. Fishguard 1975, no. 22 |
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| Published: ELMBY, HANS, Antikke Turkmenske Tæpper III. Antique Turkmen Rugs Copenhagen 1996, no. 9 |
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Lot: 172 | |
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| Two Tekke Chuvals | A pair of red-ground Tekke chuvals with a horizontal stripe design of border-like bands decorated in delicately drawn designs. Such weavings are called kizil chuval by the Turkmen on account of their high proportion of red sections. – Both items have slightly damaged sides, but are otherwise well preserved. The backs are missing. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, West Turkestan |
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| Dimensions: a = 78 x 120 cm, b = 77 x 116 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| End price: 21,960.00 € |
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| Literature: MACKIE, LOUISE & THOMPSON, JON, Turkmen. Tribal Carpets and Traditions. Washington D.C. 1980, no. 34 *** SOTHEBY's New York, auction: Turkmen and Antique Carpets from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson, 16/12/1993, # 11 *** DODDS, DENNIS & EILAND, MURRAY L., Jr. (eds.), Oriental Rugs From Atlantic Collections. Philadelphia 1996, no. 127 |
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RIPPON BOSWELL is not responsible for typographical errors or omissions.
Wiesbaden, May 28, 2011











