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Catalogue: Major Spring Auction

Auction date: Saturday 23. May 2009 at 15 o'clock

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Lot: 192
Shirvan Prayer Rug A rare prayer rug from the Shirvan region, with large angular palmettes placed in offset rows. The ground colour of the field alternates between red and blue. Many small animals have been inserted into the design. – Both ends rewoven, reselvedged sides. Uniformly low pile.
Origin:
East Caucasus
Dimensions:
176 x 97 cm
Age:
Second half 19th century
End price:
3,050.00 €
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Lot: 193
Shahsavan Sumakh Bag Half of a Shahsavan khorjin woven in sumakh technique. The red field shows a blue star containing a central octagon with diagonal abstract animals. The corners of the field have four diagonal bars decorated with “S” forms of the kind seen in sileh flatweaves from the Caucasus. Wertime illustrates a closely related bag by the Khamseh Shahsavan, perhaps a little later in date. – Damaged corners, slight damage to the sides. The striped kilim back is preserved, the seams at the sides have come undone.
Origin:
North West Persia, Khamseh region
Dimensions:
54 x 49 cm
Age:
19th century
End price:
3,050.00 €
Literature:
WERTIME, JOHN T., Sumak Bags of Northwest Persia & Transcaucasia. London 1998, no. 4
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Lot: 195
Kuba This small-format Kuba with a hexagonal lattice design on a dark blue field enclosing flowering plants, and a green main border showing a white pseudo kufi vine, was woven in 1856. Repeated twice, the date (1272 in the Islamic calendar) is inscribed in two boxes, one white and one red, placed on top of one another at the top right. – Very good condition with the pile at its original height, one small rewoven area in the bottom left-hand corner.
Origin:
East Caucasus
Dimensions:
150 x 126 cm
Age:
Dated 1856
End price:
9,760.00 €
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Lot: 196
Heriz The early date of this rare, small-format Heriz can be determined from the archaic style of its design. It is a reference piece proving the long-standing tradition of carpet production in the Heriz region, and disproves occasional previous claims that carpets were only woven there as of the late 19th century. The most striking feature is the border containing huge inscription cartouches, whose massive Persian characters appear as if painted with a wide brush. – The original finishes are missing all around, damaged corners. Low pile, corroded brown.
Origin:
North West Persia, Azerbaijan
Dimensions:
189 x 138 cm
Age:
First half 19th century
End price:
9,760.00 €
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Lot: 198
Yarkand The midnight blue field of this Yarkand shows a strictly symmetrical design of two parallel pomegranate trees, each rooted in a red vase and growing from the ends of the field towards its centre; their green branches and red fruit densely cover the field. According to Bidder, the vase-pomegranate design is one of the oldest surface designs found in Central Asian cultures. It symbolises fertility, and thus the eternal cycle of nature. This Yarkand differs only in border arrangement from the famous Yarkand that Bidder, after years of “chasing”, finally managed to acquire in Beijing in 1948, published on plate I of his book, "Teppiche aus Ost-Turkestan". In 1989 we sold a near-identical Yarkand previously owned by the German ambassador Kroll (Moscow). – Slight signs of age and wear, minor repairs, but in good overall condition for a Yarkand of this age.
Origin:
East Turkestan
Dimensions:
465 x 156 cm
Age:
Ca. 1800
End price:
35,380.00 €
Literature:
BIDDER, HANS, Teppiche aus Ost-Turkestan. Tübingen 1964, pl. I *** Eskenazi, J. J., L'Arte del Tappeto Orientale. Milan 1983. No. 292 *** RIPPON BOSWELL, auction 30, 18th November 1989, # 100
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Lot: 199
Varamin The midnight blue field shows a lively mina khani repeat in cleverly co-ordinated shades. The wide, brown-ground main border is adorned with a spaciously drawn, light red vine containing star-shaped flowers and twigs decorated with three white flowers each. The Varamin area, a region south of Tehran, is inhabited by various ethnic groups. Due to mutual influences it is not always easy to distinguish the work of one group from that of others. This piece may have been made by a Luri tribal group. – Sides cut and reselvedged, slightly reduced ends.
Origin:
North Persia
Dimensions:
251 x 138 cm
Age:
Second half 19th century
End price:
3,050.00 €
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Lot: 201
Sivrihisar Kilim This large, single-panel kilim belongs to a specific group of blue-ground flatweaves in which diamonds decorated with white double hooks are piled on top of one another along the central axis. Graphically impressive, the boldness of this design is further enhanced by the use of white cotton for the outlines and the zip-like dividing line between the field and border. Petsopoulos believes that such kilims were made in the Sivrihisar region. – Good condition.
Origin:
Central Anatolia, Cappadocia
Dimensions:
461 x 176 cm
Age:
Mid 19th century
End price:
12,200.00 €
Literature:
PETSOPOULOS, YANNI, 100 Kelims. Meisterwerke aus Anatolien. Munich 1991, nos. 57 & 58 *** BRÜGGEMANN, WERNER, Yayla. Form und Farbe in türkischer Textilkunst. Frankfurt 1993, pl. 19 *** VOK, IGNAZIO, Vok Collection. Anatolia. Kilims und andere Flachgewebe aus Anatolien. Munich 1997, no. 68 *** DAVIES, PETER, The Tribal Eye. Antique Kilims of Anatolia. New York 1993, PL. 33 *** KELIM-CONNECTION AACHEN (eds.), Kelim: Textile Kunst aus Anatolien. Aachen 2002, pl. 19 *** DIENES, GERHARD M. & REINISCH, HELMUT, 2001 und 1e Nacht. Teppiche und Textilien aus Privatsammlungen. (Exhibition at Graz Municipal Museum). Graz 2001, no. 161
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Lot: 202
Tibetan Tiger Rug A Tibetan meditation rug with an abstract tiger stripe design of blue-black crescent shapes, offset and arranged in alternating directions on the grey-white ground to produce a dynamic overall image. A lama entering deep meditation while sitting on a tiger rug hoped to make the indomitable power of this legendary animal his own to banish evil forces and overcome his own weaknesses. This carpet type is seen in many variations, but only ca. 200 really old examples have survived; it was probably produced as a substitute for the expensive tiger skins reserved for a small group of high-ranking dignitaries. – Rewoven top finish (ca. 7 cm), restored lower finish and several restored areas along the sides.
Origin:
South Tibet
Dimensions:
167 x 76 cm
Age:
Late 19th century
End price:
6,222.00 €
Literature:
LIPTON, MIMI, The Tiger Rugs of Tibet. (Exhibition catalogue, Hayward Gallery, London) London 1988, no. 53
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Lot: 203
Ningxia Seat Cover A square seat cover with a brilliant yellow field inscribed with the Tibetan dorje symbol. This cushion panel originally belonged to one of the long bench covers on which monks were seated in Tibetan monasteries. We auctioned other section of the same carpet in November 2006 (four cushion panels, still connected) and November 2008 (two separate cushion panels). – Very good condition.
Origin:
West China
Dimensions:
76 x 77 cm
Age:
First half 19th century
End price:
1,952.00 €
Literature:
RIPPON BOSWELL, auction 68, 18th November 2006, # 78 *** Ibid, auction 72, 29th November 2008, # 126 and 127
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Lot: 204
Ningxia Seat Cover Another section of the same bench cover as the previous lot number. - Very good condition.
Origin:
West China
Dimensions:
75 x 80 cm
Age:
First half 19th century
End price:
1,342.00 €

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