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Catalogue: Major Autumn Auction
Auction date: Saturday 05. December 2009 at 03 PM
Please note:
All prices include the buyer’s premium of 22 % on the hammer price. All prices in EURO.
| Exchange Rates | |
| 0.902 GBP | 1 Euro |
| 1.486 USD | 1 Euro |
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Lot: 113 | |
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| Lori Pambak | Ends and sides restored in places, slight signs of wear in the pile. | |
| Origin: South West Caucasus, Kazak region |
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| Size: 226 x 173 cm |
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| Age: Late 19th century |
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| Result: 10.980,00 € |
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| Literature: EDER, DORIS, Orientteppiche. Band 1: Kaukasische Teppiche. Munich 1979, no. 5 *** BAUSBACK, PETER, Alte und antike orientalische Knüpfkunst. Mannheim 1979, pl. p. 23 |
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Lot: 114 | |
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| Beijing | The beige ground displays an unusual design of sweeping blue-black and mid-blue vines, decorated with large, flamboyantly drawn leaves and several red lotus blossoms. Carpets of this kind echoing European Art Nouveau were made for export in Beijing workshops, and still appear highly decorative today. - Good condition with the original sides, minimally reduced ends. | |
| Origin: North East China |
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| Size: 223 x 157 cm |
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| Age: Ca. 1900 |
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| Result: 5.612,00 € |
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Lot: 117 | |
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| Khotan | The saffron field of this large-format Khotan has a mirror-image design of two pomegranate trees, more spaciously drawn than usual and bearing blue rather than red fruit. A change in design can be observed in the wide, three-panel border. Although carpets of similar composition and ornamentation were made in the workshops of the oasis, the soft, loose and irregular knotting structure indicates that our example was made in Khotan. – Somewhat reduced at the top, the original cotton kilim survives at the bottom. Obvious signs of age and wear, one small inserted area. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, East Turkestan |
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| Size: 377 x 178 cm |
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| Age: Ca. 1800 or earlier |
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| Result: 17.080,00 € |
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| Literature: VOLKMANN, MARTIN (ed.), Alte Orientteppiche. Ausgewählte Stücke deutscher Privatsammlungen. Munich 1985, no. 104 |
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Lot: 121 | |
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| Shirvan | This very rare Shirvan, with a repeat of palmette-like shapes enclosing animal-tree designs and a border of highly abstract star-shaped blossoms, is striking for its small dimensions, high quality and mellow colours patinated with age. Its design, drawn in an angular style, is reminiscent of sumakh flatweaves. It was possibly once used as a sitting rug. – Well preserved. | |
| Origin: East Caucasus |
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| Size: 96 x 70 cm |
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| Age: Mid 19th century |
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| Result: 13.420,00 € |
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Lot: 123 | |
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| Shahsavan Khorjin | A completely preserved double bag by the Khamseh Shahsavan, with rosettes in the field and border, framed by syrga secondary borders. A plain red kilim back. – Very good condition except for minimal signs of wear. | |
| Origin: North West Persia, Khamseh region |
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| Size: 118 x 52 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| Result: 2.074,00 € |
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| Literature: WERTIME, JOHN T., Sumak Bags of Northwest Persia & Transcaucasia. London 1998, no. 19 |
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Lot: 124 | |
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| Shakhrisyabz Suzani | Judging by the type of stitches, style and palette, this fabulously beautiful Suzani silk embroidery on a five-panel ground is unmistakably from Shakhrisyabz, the Green City in the Emirate of Bokhara where many of the best Suzanis were produced. On account of its rich and complex design, the quality of its embroidery and magnificent colours, it is datable to the 18th century. The extra-wide border displays the characteristic formal repertoire, although here it appears more opulent and lively than in other outstanding pieces and includes four stars in the large circular blossoms. The secondary borders show varying vines. – The aubergine sections of the design are heavily corroded. Several darned areas and stains. Not backed with fabric. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, Uzbekistan |
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| Size: 247 x 201 cm |
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| Age: 18th century |
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| Result: 45.140,00 € |
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| Literature: LINDAHL, DAVID & KNORR, THOMAS, Uzbek. The textiles and life of the nomadic and sedentary Uzbek tribes of Central-Asia. Lörrach-Tüllingen 1975, pl. 20 *** COOTNER, CATHRYN, Gardens of Paradise. In: HALI 30, London 1986, no. 5, p. 49 *** HASSON, RACHEL, Flowering Gardens Along the Silk Road. Embroidered Textiles from Uzbekistan. Jerusalem 2001, pl. p. 32 *** GRUBE, ERNST J., Keshte. Central Asian Embroideries. New York 2003, no. 15 |
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Lot: 126 | |
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| Kashan Fragment | This large fragment of a Central Persian carpet, possibly made in the Imperial workshops of Kashan or Qazvin, was first published in a catalogue by Lefevre, London, in 1979 (where it was called ""Herat""). The fragment consists of many individual pieces joined together so skilfully that at first glance, they appear as a complete carpet. This Central Persian carpet may originally have measured around 3 x 5 metres, like the closely related Sangiorgi carpet (illustrated in Pope, pl. 1179). Very finely woven on a yellow silk warp, with magnificent colours and a perfectly drawn repeat of palmettes and cloudbands, this carpet is one of the best surviving examples from the mid 16th century. Its main border of a deep green ground colour shows elongated cartouches interspersed with near circular medallions, a composition that occurs in the earlier Ardabil carpet (dated 1539). – Corroded brown sections, several old repairs, pile mostly in good condition. | |
| Origin: Central Persia |
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| Size: 284 x 197 cm |
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| Age: Mid 16th century |
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| Result: 63.440,00 € |
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| Literature: POPE, ARTHUR UPHAM (ed.), A Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present. London and New York 1939, vol. 6, pl. 1179 *** LANIER, MILDRED B., English and Oriental Carpets at Williamsburg. Williamsburg 1975, no. 15 |
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Lot: 127 | |
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| Yomut Yolami | A complete Yomut tent band with powerfully drawn designs in first-rate colours, an outstanding example of its kind. The guard stripes are pile-woven. – In good condition, except for some damage along the sides. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, West Turkestan |
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| Size: 1395 x 29 cm |
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| Age: Early 19th century |
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| Result: 7.930,00 € |
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Lot: 129 | |
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| Göklen Yolami | Only around 15 tent bands woven by the Göklen (or Eagle I group) are currently known, either in complete or fragmented condition. The tent band offered here was exhibited at the Textile Museum, Washington, DC, in 2007. In terms of quality, it ranks in the top third of the surviving group. – Incomplete, reduced in length. Damage along the sides. | |
| Origin: North East Persia, Gurgan region |
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| Size: 1030 x 22 cm |
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| Age: 18th century |
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| Result: 19.520,00 € |
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Lot: 138 | |
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| Moghan | Both end finishes restored, several repiled areas in the field, slights signs of wear. | |
| Origin: South East Caucasus |
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| Size: 263 x 125 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| Result: 20.130,00 € |
RIPPON BOSWELL is not responsible for typographical errors or omissions.
Wiesbaden, 9th December 2008