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Catalogue: Major Spring Auction

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

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Lot: 52
Shahsavan Animal Trapping On certain occasions, the Shahsavan nomads adorned their mounts and pack animals with colourful decorative bands woven specifically for this purpose. Made for families’ own use, only a small number of such textiles have survived. Judging by its dimensions, this splendid band, finely woven in sumakh technique and with a diamond design in excellent colours, was a camel chest band. When the band was placed around the camel’s chest, the long plaits wrapped in multicoloured yarn and attached to the left and right would have hung before the animal’s legs and moved with every step it took. – Very well preserved.
Origin:
North West Persia, Azerbaijan
Dimensions:
157 x 9 cm
Age:
Second half 19th century
End price:
2,806.00 €
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Lot: 59
Ningxia Seat Cover This small square carpet was once part of a bench cover. The rosewood coloured field contains a circular medaillon enclosing a peony surrounded by four small lotus flowers. Larger lotus flowers have been placed diagonally in the corners. The yellow border is decorated with a meandering vine in two shades of blue. – The upper and lower finishes have been rewoven, original sides, a high pile.
Origin:
West China
Dimensions:
65 x 67 cm
Age:
Mid 19th century
End price:
610.00 €
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Lot: 60
Tibetan Khaden Tibetan carpet in the Khaden format with an octagonal lattice design inspired by Chinese models, a central medallion and quarters of the same medallion in the corners, combined with an inner pearl border and a meander border. – Good condition, with original finishes all around.
Origin:
South Tibet
Dimensions:
168 x 80 cm
Age:
Ca. 1900
End price:
1,098.00 €
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Lot: 63
Bergama A colourful village rug from the Bergama region. The sea green field shows a large red shield medallion containing a solid blue cross and a diamond composed of colourful segments, which in turn encloses a box filled with stars. The carpet was made either in Canakkale or Ezine further to the south. Another example of this rare group, discovered in the Carsi Mosque of Biga, is now in the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul (inv. no. 56). – Repaired selvedges, various expertly restored areas.
Origin:
North West Anatolia
Dimensions:
204 x 160 cm
Age:
First half 19th century
End price:
9,760.00 €
Literature:
ERTUG, AHMET (ed.), Turkish Carpets from the 13th –18th centuries. Istanbul 1996, p. 85
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Lot: 65
Shahsavan Sumakh Bag Face The bold eight-pointed stars dominating both the field and the border may have been a decisive factor for this pretty sumakh bag face being included in the "Orient Stars" collection. – Backed with canvas and framed. Good condition.
Origin:
South East Caucasus, Moghan region
Dimensions:
43 x 57 cm
Age:
Mid 19th century
End price:
6,588.00 €
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Lot: 68
Tekke Main Carpet A Tekke main carpet with four rows of ten large primary güls, striking for their clear distinction between the dark blue and green sections of their centres (in many other examples, these two colours are close in tone), and well drawn secondary chuval motifs. The border design is elaborate and diverse, with many different dividing bands between the octagons filled with stars. Finely woven in light colours, velvety pile wool. – Several areas have been rewoven, the sides are damaged in places.
Origin:
Central Asia, West Turkestan
Dimensions:
254 x 189 cm
Age:
Second half 19th century
End price:
13,420.00 €
Literature:
MEYER-PÜNTER, CARL, Der Orientteppich in Geschichte, Kunstgewerbe u. Handel. Zurich 1917, no. 7887, p. 60
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Lot: 69
Qashqa’i Shekarlu A Qashqa’i piece by the Shekarlu tribe showing the nomadic version of a garden design, with trees, shrubs and flowers of varying shapes and sizes as well as cruciform tribal symbols. The "ashkali” border of octagons with long hooked contours on a white ground is an identifying feature of Shekarlu rugs. – Slight signs of age and wear, good overall condition.
Origin:
South West Persia, Fars
Dimensions:
223 x 175 cm
Age:
Second half 19th century
End price:
5,856.00 €
Literature:
HOPF, ALBRECHT, Eine Sammlung Edler Orientalischer Teppiche. Tübingen 1961, ill. opp. p. 48 *** PARHAM, CYRUS, Masterpieces of Fars Rugs. Tehran 1996, no. 1
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Lot: 71
Shahsavan Sumakh Bag Half Half of a khorjin, finely woven in sumakh technique which makes the pattern stand out crystal clear. Very good colours. Two comparative pieces have been published by Hegenbart. However, a complete khorjin from the Käbisch Collection, published by Reinisch, is still closer and also comparable in terms of age and quality. – Damage to the sides, the seam on the left-hand side has come undone.
Origin:
North West Persia, Azerbaijan
Dimensions:
49 x 54 cm
Age:
First half 19th century
End price:
2,684.00 €
Literature:
HEGENBART, HEINZ, Seltene Webtaschen aus dem Orient. Sammlung Adil Besim. Munich 1982, pl.15 *** REINISCH, HELMUT, Satteltaschen. Graz 1985, no. 25
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Lot: 79
Afshar Bag Face The dark blue field of this bag face, once part of a khorjin, shows a typical Afshar design of red, yellow and white botehs drawn in an angular style, and containing flowering shrubs. The botehs are linked by undulating horizontal twigs. A border of red and white diagonal stripes frames this small woven picture to good effect. – Sides newly overcast, the back is missing.
Origin:
South Persia, Kirman region
Dimensions:
55 x 63 cm
Age:
Late 19th century
End price:
1,220.00 €
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Lot: 81
Chondzoresk Original, two-tone flat-woven selvedges, the original ribbon-like braiding of the light brown warp threads has survived at the top, minimally reduced at the bottom. Slight signs of wear in the pile, the black-brown ground colour of the lower cloud band design was corroded and has been rewoven.
Origin:
South Caucasus, Karabagh region
Dimensions:
216 x 150 cm
Age:
Second half 19th century
End price:
5,490.00 €
Literature:
SEVI, DANIELE, Kazak. Selezione di tappeti dell' ottocento. Milan 1982, no. 27

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