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 |
| Lot: 82 | ||
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| Yomut Jolami Fragment | Fragment of a narrow tent band probably made by a Yomut tribal group, judging by its palette and the style of drawing. – Slight damage to the edges, otherwise in good condition. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, West Turkestan |
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| Dimensions: 228 x 24 cm |
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| Age: Mid 19th century |
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| End price: 1,220.00 € |
| Lot: 85 | ||
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| Hooked Rug | A crease in the field where the pile is missing. Otherwise in good condition, with original selvedges and end finishes. | |
| Origin: USA |
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| Dimensions: 213 x 110 cm |
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| Age: Ca. 1930 |
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| End price: 915.00 € |
| Lot: 88 | ||
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| Ukrainian Kilim | A coarsely woven village kilim from the Romanian-Ukrainian border area, i.e. Southern Moldova. The black-ground field shows a colourful floral design of twigs and blossoms in a symmetrical composition. The exceptionally wide border contains boldly drawn floral designs loosely strung together. – Good condition. | |
| Origin: South Russia |
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| Dimensions: 226 x 186 cm |
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| Age: Early 20th century |
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| End price: 1,708.00 € |
| Lot: 92 | ||
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| Yastik | Original selvedges along the sides, both ends somewhat reduced. The black-brown sections of the design are heavily corroded. Good overall condition. | |
| Origin: West Anatolia |
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| Dimensions: 94 x 52 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| End price: 2,440.00 € |
| Lot: 93 | ||
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| Konya Yastik | Morehouse illustrates a comparative piece. In his description, the author discusses whether it may have been made in Mujur (as suggested by the colours), or whether the longer format points to another provenance. Powerful in design and with a splendid palette, this yastik is a beautiful collector’s item. – Parts of the kilim have been cut away at the top, as have parts of the elem at the bottom. Otherwise well preserved. | |
| Origin: Central Anatolia |
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| Dimensions: 118 x 62 cm |
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| Age: 19th century |
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| End price: 1,830.00 € |
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| Literature: MOREHOUSE, BRIAN, Yastiks. Cushion Covers And Storage Bags Of Anatolia. Philadelphia 1996, no. 79 |
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| Lot: 99 | ||
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| Qashqa’i Kilim | A memorable graphic kilim by the Qashqa’i nomads with an open red field, its indented outline produced by triangles with wide, white, hooked contours protruding into it at the sides. Beautiful colours patinated with age. Well preserved, except for slight signs of wear. | |
| Origin: South West Persia, Fars |
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| Dimensions: 286 x 142 cm |
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| Age: Late 19th century |
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| End price: 3,416.00 € |
| Lot: 101 | ||
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| Khamseh | The white field of this Khamseh, probably made in a village workshop, is densely covered with huge botehs, arranged diagonally and containing smaller botehs (mother and child type). The midnight blue border has botehs and horizontal cypresses linked by a vine. Often used by the Afshars, this design goes back to Khorasan models (see Holt). An expressive carpet in brilliant colours, with rounded forms and a lively drawing that are closer to its models than other examples of this type. – Several rewoven areas, creases, slight signs of age. Sides newly overcast, remnants of the striped kilim finishes have survived. | |
| Origin: South West Persia, Fars |
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| Dimensions: 296 x 166 cm |
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| Age: Mid 19th century |
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| End price: 10,370.00 € |
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| Literature: HOLT, ROSA BELLE, Oriental & Occidental Rugs. Antique & Modern. New York. 3rd edition, 1937, pl. opp. p. 56 |
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| Lot: 102 | ||
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| Yomut Asmalyk | Judging by its weaving technique using offset knots, this Yomut asmalyk is probably the work of the Karadashli tribe. The brilliant white field has trees decorated with erre güls linked by a diagonal lattice of serrated leaves. Red ashik motifs interspersed with arrowheads have been placed in the blue-ground border. – Very good condition. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, West Turkestan |
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| Dimensions: 68 x 123 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| End price: 3,416.00 € |
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| Literature: BAUSBACK, PETER, Antike orientalische Knüpfkunst. Mannheim 1976, p. 233 |
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| Lot: 103 | ||
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| Yomut Chuval | A nine-gül chuval with diamond-shaped secondary motifs and a butterfly border. The elem has a tree design. – Minor rewoven areas, slight signs of wear in the pile. Sides and upper finish newly overcast, a narrow strip of the kilim back survives at the bottom. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, West Turkestan |
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| Dimensions: 72 x 108 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| End price: 1,464.00 € |
| Lot: 104 | ||
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| Yomut Bokçe | Containers called bokçe, with four pile-woven triangular flaps sewn together so that just one flap remains open, had a special significance: part of a woman’s dowry, they were prestige objects whose designs had a deep symbolic meaning. – Well preserved, with the decorative fringe and bunches of wool on three sides. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, West Turkestan |
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| Dimensions: 78 x 80 cm |
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| Age: Late 19th century |
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| End price: 5,490.00 € |
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| Literature: HERRMANN, EBERHART, Seltene Orientteppiche 4. Munich 1982, no. 97 *** DODDS, DENNIS & EILAND, MURRAY L., JR. (eds.), Oriental Rugs From Atlantic Collections. Philadelphia 1996, no. 253, p. 209 *** BAUSBACK, PETER, Antike Orientteppiche. Brunswick 1978, no. 445 |
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RIPPON BOSWELL is not responsible for typographical errors or omissions.
Wiesbaden, 9th December 2008

