Catalogue: Major Spring Auction
Auction date: Saturday 29. May 2010 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 | |
| 0.836 GBP | 1 Euro |
| 1.328 USD | 1 Euro |
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Lot: 263 | |
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| Khotan | A small Khotan with a repeat of rosettes on a red field, framed by a narrow, salmon border containing highly stylised leaves on a straight-lined vine. Somewhat low spots in the pile, repiled end finishes. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, East Turkestan |
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| Dimensions: 174 x 106 cm |
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| Age: Mid 19th century |
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| End price: 10,980.00 € |
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| Literature: ESKENAZI, JOHN J., Il Tappeto Orientale. Milan 1987, no. 307 |
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Lot: 264 | |
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| Petit Point Embroidery | A French petit point wool embroidery in late baroque style, composed of three sections. The centre of the light yellow field covered by a fine diamond lattice shows a basket of fruit and flowers in a sweeping frame; four cornucopias occupy the corners. The border of shell shapes and fruit only survives along the sides. The textile probably served as a bedspread for a four-poster bed. | |
| Origin: Europe, France |
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| Dimensions: 218 x 230 cm |
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| Age: 17th Century |
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| End price: 2,196.00 € |
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Lot: 265 | |
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| Petit Point Embroidery | Two smaller embroidery fragments belonging to the previous lot number, cut along the sides and edged with fabric. | |
| Origin: Europe, France |
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| Dimensions: a = 120 x 85 cm, b = 121 x 85 cm |
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| Age: 17th Century |
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| End price: 1,830.00 € |
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Lot: 267 | |
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| Qalamkar | This very finely woven cotton textile, ornately printed with floral and architectural designs, served as a prayer mat. An elegantly sweeping mihrab has been placed at the top end of the field, with a dense pattern of flowering branches above while roses adorn the open space below. The border shows small cypresses set into niches. The textile was probably woven in the workshops of Esfahan, but it is equally possible that it was made in North India for the Persian market. Several tears and small burn holes. | |
| Origin: Central Persia, Isfahan |
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| Dimensions: 134 x 89 cm |
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| Age: Late 19th century |
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| End price: 793.00 € |
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| Literature: NABHOLZ-KARTASCHOFF, MARIE-LOUISE & LANGER, AXEL, Pfauen, Blüten & Zypressen. Persische Textilien der Qajaren-Zeit (1788-1925). Zurich 2005, figs. 63 and 64 |
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Lot: 269 | |
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| Portuguese Silk Embroidery | This pretty silk embroidery on a quilted ground was probably made in the Portuguese colony of Macau, a port town on the South China Sea. It was used as a decorative bedspread. The carpet-like design a division of the space into a field and border, with a central medallion and corner solutions shows Chinese design influences, which are especially evident in the peacocks placed into the four corners, depicted in flight like cranes or phoenixes in older Chinese models. Very good condition. | |
| Origin: Southern China, Macau |
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| Dimensions: 207 x 150 cm |
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| Age: Late 19th century |
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| End price: 1,586.00 € |
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Lot: 270 | |
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| Heriz | A small-format Heriz with a repeat of large, geometric, stylised palmettes, blossoms and sickle leaves in pastel shades and thin vines linking various motifs on a brown, abrashed field. Signs of age and wear, somewhat reduced ends, several repairs. | |
| Origin: North West Persia, Azerbaijan |
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| Dimensions: 235 x 153 cm |
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| Age: Late 19th century |
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| End price: 3,172.00 € |
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Lot: 273 | |
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| Tekke | A finely woven Tekke rug whose design of eight octagonal güls and chuval secondary güls is closely related to models woven by the Salor tribe. The salmon ground of the field is unusual. The three narrow border stripes are densely packed with small motifs. The lattice-like elems are filled with a similarly hermetic design. Cut and newly overcast sides, slightly reduced ends, low spots in the pile. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, West Turkestan |
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| Dimensions: 150 x 110 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| End price: 976.00 € |
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| Literature: STRAKA, JEROME A. (ed.), The Oriental Rug Collection of Jerome and Mary Jane Straka. Washington, D.C. 1978, no. 13 |
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Lot: 276 | |
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| Shahsavan Bag Face | A bag face finely woven in sumakh technique, with a rare version of the four-and-one medallion composition and a highly abstract animal-tree motif inside the white, box-shaped central design. Signs of wear, damage to the sides, reduced at the top. | |
| Origin: North West Persia, Khamseh region |
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| Dimensions: 54 x 48 cm |
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| Age: Second half 19th century |
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| End price: 1,952.00 € |
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| Literature: FRAUENKNECHT, BERTRAM, Schahsavan Sumakh Taschen. Fürth 1993, fig. 19 *** HERRMANN, EBERHART, Seltene Orientteppiche 8. Munich 1986, no. 54 a |
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Lot: 277 | |
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| Yomut Igsalyk | No other Turkmen tribe has produced as many pile-woven objects for specific purposes as the Yomut. This elongated container with a piled face and flat-woven back served to store items of everyday use in the tent (spoons, spindles, etc.) Good condition, with the original decorative piping all around and colourful tufts of wool at the bottom. | |
| Origin: Central Asia, West Turkestan |
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| Dimensions: 56 x 35 cm |
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| Age: Ca. 1900 |
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| End price: 671.00 € |
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| Literature: AZADI, SIAWOSCH, Turkoman Carpets And The Ethnographic Significance Of Their Ornaments. Fishguard 1975, no. 51 |
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Lot: 278 | |
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| Afshar Khorjin Half | Half of an Afshar double bag. The midnight blue field shows a repeat of wide green leaves with serrated outlines containing stepped polygons and pairs of white amulets. The narrow white border is decorated with arrow shapes. In the three guard stripes at the top and bottom ends, the small white flowers on a blue-black ground, executed in flatweaving technique, are characteristic of Afshar pieces from the Varamin area. The red kilim back and upper closure bands survive. Several restored areas in the pile. | |
| Origin: North Persia, Varamin region |
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| Dimensions: 71 x 74 cm |
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| Age: Ca. 1920 |
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| End price: 488.00 € |
RIPPON BOSWELL is not responsible for typographical errors or omissions.
Wiesbaden, 9th December 2008











