Help Info on the catalogue

Catalogue: Major Spring Auction

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

Please note:
All prices include the buyer’s premium of 22 % on the hammer price. All prices in EURO..

Exchange rate
0.878 GBP 1 Euro
1.397 USD 1 Euro

There is also a printable version of this list:
printable version

Search for:
Display: Origin: Order: Rows per page:
top
Gafsa Kilim Lot: 205
Gafsa Kilim This nearly square kilim, entirely woven from wool, was made in the Gafsa oasis in south western Tunisia. Soft and pliable in texture, such kilims were not suitable for covering the floor, but were used as blankets or room dividers. Horizontal stripes with geometric ornaments cover the light red field. Two wide, white-ground panels showing dromedary caravans and human figures imbue this flatweave with the narrative character of a picture, providing a vivid insight into the weaver’s perception. Some of the white warp threads still have pompons attached. – Well preserved except for a few small holes.
Origin:
North Africa, Tunisia
Dimensions:
226 x 207 cm
Age:
Ca. 1900
End price:
2,440.00 €
Literature:
JUSTIN, VALERIE SHARAF, flat-Woven rugs of the world. Kilim, Soumak, and Brocading. New York 1980, p.128 *** GALERIE SAILER (ed.), Aus der Welt des Kelim. Salzburg 1984, no. 1 *** PLÖTZE, KARL-MICHAEL, Welt der Kelims. Barsinghausen 2001, no. 106
top
North African carpet Lot: 208
North African carpet Woven in just two colours (a dark brown design on a light brown ground), an identical pair of this pile carpet was exhibited at the International Conference on Oriental Carpets, Barbican Art Gallery, London, in 1983 and published in "Carpet Magic". Both carpets were probably made in an Algerian workshop. Their design is inspired by Coptic Christian textiles, which emerged at the time as a result of excavations and discoveries in Egypt. The brown used for the design is an attempt to reproduce the purple colour seen in those early Christian fabrics. – Good condition.
Origin:
Algeria
Dimensions:
216 x 144 cm
Age:
Early 20th century
End price:
1,952.00 €
Literature:
THOMPSON, JON, Carpet Magic. The art of carpets from the tents, cottages and workshops of Asia. (Exhibition catalogue) Barbican Art Gallery, London 1983, p. 157
top
Tekke Torba Lot: 209
Tekke Torba A clearly drawn six-gül Tekke torba, finely woven from first rate wool and with a dense, velvety pile. Güls with diamond-shaped centres are rarely seen in Tekke torbas. – Very well preserved except for minimal moth damage and slight damage to the right-hand side, no back.
Origin:
Central Asia, West Turkestan
Dimensions:
40 x 113 cm
Age:
Mid 19th century
End price:
3,050.00 €
Literature:
McMULLAN, JOSEPH V. & REICHERT, DONALD O., The George W. V. and Belle Townsley Smith collection of Islamic Rugs. Springfield, Mass. 1970, no. 56 *** RIPPON BOSWELL, The Lesley and Robert Pinner Collection of Turkmen Rugs. Auction 62, 15th May 2004, # 54
top
Luri Khorjin Lot: 214
Luri Khorjin Two faces of a cut double bag. The blue field shows typical Luri designs – large crosses, both with and without diamonds at their centres. The additional red stripes at the lower edge contain three diamonds with serrated outlines. – Damage to the sides, the closure bands in kilim technique are preserved.
Origin:
North Persia, Varamin region
Dimensions:
a= 78x67, b= 87x64
Age:
Late 19th century
End price:
1,403.00 €
top
Caucasian Silk Embroidery Lot: 222
Caucasian Silk Embroidery This beautiful Caucasian silk embroidery with a design of cartouches, eight-pointed stars and palmettes arranged around a central diamond, highly characteristic for its type, was previously exhibited at the 1999 Milan International Conference on Oriental Carpets. The catalogue description states that Schürmann, who called such embroideries in mellow pastel shades "Surahani", believed Baku to be their provenance. – Slight signs of age, a stain at the centre of the field. Backed with canvas.
Origin:
Azerbaijan, Baku region
Dimensions:
95 x 90 cm
Age:
Ca. 1700
End price:
3,660.00 €
top
Shahsavan Sumakh Mafrash Lot: 225
Shahsavan Sumakh Mafrash The narrow side of a mafrash woven in sumakh technique, with a Turkmen design in the style of a Yomut chuval that is quite unlike the Shahsavan tribal tradition. One possible explanation is that the weaver owned or knew a chuval brought by the Yomut, who were known to be seafarers and traders, crossing the Caspian Sea to offer their products in the port towns of the western shores. A long side of this mafrash was published in "From the Bosporus to Samarkand". A particularly rare collector’s piece. – Somewhat reduced at the bottom, rewoven lower right hand corner, slight damage along the sides.
Origin:
North West Persia, Azerbaijan
Dimensions:
43 x 52 cm
Age:
Second half 19th century
End price:
2,074.00 €
Literature:
LANDREAU, ANTHONY N. & PICKERING, W. R., From the Bosporus to Samarkand. Flat-Woven Rugs. (Exhibition catalogue Textile Museum) Washington, D.C. 1969, no. 38
top
Qashqa’i Storage Bag Lot: 226
Qashqa’i Storage Bag A rare storage bag by the Qashqa’i nomads in sumakh technique, with a colourful design of horizontal stripes and a white-ground star border. – Completely preserved, with original finishes all around.
Origin:
South West Persia, Fars
Dimensions:
73 x 66 cm
Age:
Ca. 1900
End price:
2,196.00 €
top
Chinese Mandarin Rank Badge Lot: 228
Chinese Mandarin Rank Badge Two rank badges showing the same design as the previous lot number. Somewhat different in style and colours, they did not form a pair. Both are front badges, i.e. vertically divided (now rejoined). – Slight signs of age, but in good overall condition.
Origin:
China
Dimensions:
a=27x30cm, b=29x30cm
Age:
18th century
End price:
396.50 €
top
Tibetan Saddle Cover Lot: 229
Tibetan Saddle Cover Two medallions adorn the dark blue field of this saddle cover, which is in two parts. Quarter sections of analogous medallions, but executed in a different design, have been placed in the corners and surrounded by flowering twigs. The meandering vine of the light brown border is decorated with peonies. – Good condition.
Origin:
South Tibet
Dimensions:
134 x 67 cm
Age:
Early 20th century
End price:
610.00 €
top
Tibetan Saddle Cover Lot: 230
Tibetan Saddle Cover Tibetan saddle covers almost always consist of two halves woven separately, then joined and sewn onto a backing fabric. Together, the two halves result in a symmetrical mirror image, here a circular medallion on a midnight blue ground surrounded by flowering twigs. The green border shows peony blossoms linked by a vine drawn in shades of blue. – Good condition.
Origin:
South Tibet
Dimensions:
126 x 65 cm
Age:
Early 20th century
End price:
610.00 €

RIPPON BOSWELL is not responsible for typographical errors or omissions.

Wiesbaden, 9th December 2008

Back to results