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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: 192 | |
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| Pinwheel Kazak | In view of the Transcaucasian village population´s insistence on adhering to traditional designs, it is not surprising that ""Pinwheel"" Kazaks displaying this striking design of dark blue boxes decorated with spirals, diagonal green dragons and white rosettes were woven until well into the 20th century. Production of this type, now especially popular and in demand, even resumed in Anatolia some thirty years ago. – The sheer size of this carpet group only became apparent when border restrictions were removed. A comparison of published examples reveals aesthetic and material differences – in division of space, design balance, palette, knotting structure and type of wool used – whereby dating is possible. Previously unpublished, the piece offered here, from a German collection, was acquired from the Berlin art trade around 1900. The quality of the colours and classical composition support an early date (probably the first half of the 19th century). Perhaps not quite as old as the Pinwheel Kazaks in the McMullan and Kirchheim Collections, this Kazak is on a par with the piece in the Berlin Museum and an example exhibited by Herrmann in 1991. – Original selvedges and upper finish, somewhat reduced at the bottom. Slight signs of wear in the pile. | |
| Origin: South West Caucasus |
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| Size: 258 x 184 cm |
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| Age: First half 19th century |
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| Result: 30.500,00 € |
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| Literature: McMULLAN, JOSEPH V., Islamic Carpets. New York 1965, no. 53 *** KIRCHHEIM, E. HEINRICH, Orient Stars. A Carpet Collection. Stuttgart & London 1993, no. 16 *** Spuhler, Friedrich, Die Orientteppiche im Museum für Islamische Kunst Berlin. Munich 1987, no. 108 *** Herrmann, Eberhart, Asiatische Teppich- und Textilkunst 3. Munich 1991, no. 17 |
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Lot: 194 | |
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| Sehna Kilim | A fine Sehna kilim with a brown-red field containing a large, light blue diamond medallion with a white centre. The dense Herati design, which covers the entire surface of the field, is highly typical of this group of Kurdish flatweaves. The saffron-yellow main border shows an abstract floral vine. – Minimal signs of wear, good overall condition. | |
| Origin: North West Persia, Kurdistan |
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| Size: 187 x 130 cm |
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| Age: Ca. 1880 |
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| Result: 1.830,00 € |
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Lot: 195 | |
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| Luri Khorjin Half | Half of a khorjin; the face has a design of vertical stripes decorated with vines, the back is a striped kilim. – The closure band survives at the top, the seams are undone at the sides, good condition. | |
| Origin: West Persia, Luristan |
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| Size: 53 x 53 cm |
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| Age: Late 19th century |
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| Result: 1.120,00 € |
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Lot: 197 | |
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| Sarkoy Kelim | Both ends somewhat reduced, several repiled areas. | |
| Origin: Southern Europe, Thrace |
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| Size: 194 x 131 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| Result: 4.514,00 € |
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Lot: 198 | |
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| Kashmir Shawl | A large Kashmir shawl from France with a complicated, exactly symmetrical design of huge vines and lively botehs arranged around a black-ground ogival central motif. Very finely woven in lance technique. The signature ""FM"" woven in all four corners identifies this magnificent shawl as a product of the Paris Fortier and Maillard weaving mill, established in 1852. Judging by the style of the Harlekin seams, the shawl was made around 1860. – Good condition. | |
| Origin: France, Paris |
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| Size: 352 x 149 cm |
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| Age: Ca. 1860 |
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| Result: 1.120,00 € |
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| Literature: LÉVI - STRAUSS, MONIQUE, Cashmere. Tradition einer Textilkunst. Berlin 1986, p. 184 |
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Lot: 199 | |
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| Kermina Nim Suzani | This early Nim Suzani, produced without secondary borders, is from Kermina. The field has small blossoms composed of four circles embedded in a delicate lattice. This particular type of blossom also belonged to the formal repertoire of Bokhara Suzanis, but the colour combination seen here, with blue and grey-brown segments, only occurs in Kermina. – Backed with fabric and mounted onto a wooden frame. The original decorative silk fringe has survived. Damage to the corner at the top right, where the ground weave is torn in several places. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, Uzbekistan |
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| Size: 162 x 104 cm |
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| Age: First half 19th century |
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| Result: 4.026,00 € |
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| Literature: HASSON, RACHEL, Flowering Gardens Along the Silk Road. Embroidered Textiles from Uzbekistan. Jerusalem 2001, pl. p. 36 *** HERRMANN, EBERHART, Seltene Orientteppiche 9. Munich 1987, no. 92 |
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Lot: 202 | |
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| Moghan Long Rug | An extremely rare carpet in a long format, its field abrashed in several shades of brown and covered by a network of light blue lines running diagonally to the central axis, probably symbolising a tree-of-life. Various animals, diamonds, squares, rosettes and even combs are distributed across the ground; the pattern increases in density as it ascends. Herrmann, who published one of the few comparative pieces, interprets this design as a “stairway to heaven”. The great age of this carpet, which may be the work of the Moghan Shahsavan, is apparent not only in the quality of materials and clear colours, but also in the archaic style of the wide border. – Very well preserved, original finishes all around. | |
| Origin: South East Caucasus |
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| Size: 321 x 100 cm |
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| Age: Ca. 1800 or earlier |
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| Result: 63.440,00 € |
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| Literature: HERRMANN, EBERHART, Asiatische Teppich- und Textilkunst 4. Munich 1992, no. 55 |
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Lot: 207 | |
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| Khotan | Completely preserved with original finishes all around, minor repairs, somewhat low spots in the pile. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, East Turkestan |
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| Size: 145 x 96 cm |
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| Age: First half 19th century |
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| Result: 7.320,00 € |
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| Literature: SCHÜRMANN, ULRICH, Central-Asian Rugs. Frankfurt 1969, no. 96 *** HERRMANN, EBERHART, Asiatische Teppich- und Textilkunst 4. Munich 1992, no. 110 |
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Lot: 209 | |
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| Mafrash Side Panel | The narrow side of a mafrash woven in sumakh technique, with three horizontal stripes of equal width in red and blue containing mythological birds. Wertime illustrates a comparative piece. – Slight signs of age, good condition. | |
| Origin: South East Caucasus, Baku region |
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| Size: 62 x 55 cm |
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| Age: Late 19th century |
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| Result: 1.586,00 € |
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Lot: 211 | |
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| Ningxia Seat Cover | This small seat cover, with a disc medallion on a yellow field and blue lotus vines in the corners pointing to the centre, radiates perfect harmony – a characteristic feature of early Chinese carpets. Judging by the style of drawing, the piece may date from the reign of Emperor Yongzheng (1723 - 1736), but the few surviving examples from that period are very finely woven, which is not the case in our seat cover. It may have been made a little later, still in the style of the previous period. – Signs of age and wear, slightly reduced at both ends. | |
| Origin: West China |
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| Size: 53 x 58 cm |
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| Age: 18th century |
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| Result: 5.490,00 € |
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| Literature: Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst Köln (publ.), Splendour of the Sons of Heaven. Imperial Chinese Carpets 1400 – 1750. London 2005, no. 25 |
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RIPPON BOSWELL is not responsible for typographical errors or omissions.
Wiesbaden, 9th December 2008