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Lot 150Igdir Chuval
Lot 191Shahsavan Khorjin
Lot 44Shahsavan Kilim
Lot 48Kurdish Rug
Lot 60Tekke Ensi
Lot 91Karagashli
Lot 104Gelveri Niche Carpet
Lot 154Konya Yastik
Lot 180Large Medallion Suzani
Lot 196Tunisian Flatweave
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Later it was acquired by Ben Fernandes in Singapore, and when his collection was dissolved in 2014, sold by Sotheby's in New York. The captivating features of this ensi are not only the successful proportions of its design and its confident style of drawing, but also the outstanding quality of its materials \u2013 velvety pile wool and rich luminous reds which emit an almost fiery glow. Three very similar ensis are illustrated in Grote-Hasenbalg, the Hamburg exhibition catalogue and a TKF catalogue, while a fourth example was sold by us in 2016. \u2013 Very good condition, minimal damage along the sides, both ends slightly reduced.","index":"A94\/60","index2":"","intro":"","literature":"GROTE-HASENBALG, WERNER, Der Orientteppich. Seine Geschichte und seine Kultur. Berlin 1922, vol. III, pl. 89 *** HAMBURGISCHES MUSEUM F\u00dcR V\u00d6LKERKUNDE (publ.), Wie Blumen in der W\u00fcste. Die Kultur der turkmenischen Nomadenst\u00e4mme Zentralasiens. Hamburg 1993, no. 22 *** TKF (publ.), Textil Kunst Feuer. Portfolio mit 99 Tafeln. Graz 2002, pl. 67 *** RIPPON BOSWELL, A 90, 3 December 2016, lot 122","published":"PINNER, ROBERT & FRANSES, MICHAEL, Turkoman Studies I. 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Both pieces are of the highest quality, both in material and in aesthetic terms, and probably date from the first half of the 19th century. It is only these early examples which have a large white palmette with a jagged outline at the centre of the field. Likewise, only the oldest examples display the same rich repertoire of perfectly drawn designs in a free and airy arrangement. From the mid 19th century onwards, the Karagashli design began to grow rigid (see the example in Bausback). The two red, diagonal primary designs with four long arms, their ends joined to forked leaves which are interpreted as zoomorphous figures, hark back to motifs seen in older Caucasian workshop pieces woven in the Harshang design. Harald B\u00f6hmer purchased the rug in Istanbul in 1964. \u2013 Both ends minimally reduced, a few repiled areas, very good overall condition.","index":"A94\/91","index2":"","intro":"","literature":"BAILEY, JULIA & HOPKINS, MARK, Through the Collectors Eye. Providence 1991, no. 21 *** BAUSBACK, PETER, Antike Orientteppiche. Brunswick 1978, pl. p. 277","published":"","height":"132","origin_id":"40","highlight":"1","age":"First half 19th century","dimensions":"132 x 93 cm","region":"East Caucasus, Shirvan region","price":"14,000.00","price_gbp":"12,369.00","price_usd":"15,884.40","price_double":14000,"maxprice":"18,000.00","maxprice_gbp":"15,903.00","maxprice_usd":"20,422.80","maxprice_double":18000,"hammerprice":"22,000.00","hammerprice_gbp":"19,437.00","hammerprice_usd":"24,961.20","hammerprice_double":22000,"endprice":"27,060.00","endprice_gbp":"23,907.51","endprice_usd":"30,702.28","endprice_double":27060},"flag":{"result":false,"pricedisplay":"endprice","endprice":true,"hammerprice":false,"literature":true,"published":false,"wishlist":false,"zoomify":true}},{"data":{"id":"28894","auction_id":"34","auction_headline":"<li class=\"auction_heading\">\n<h1 class=\"catalogue\">Major Autumn Auction<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"date\">Saturday 17. 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The small town of Gelveri (now called G\u00fczelyurt) is situated in south western Cappadocia, about half-way between Aksaray and Nigde. The layout of the field design \u2013 an open mihrab with a finely stepped arch which is crowned with a tower-like extension at the top, and a green section placed above it \u2013 is reminiscent of niche carpets from Mujur and Kirsehir. However, the ornamentation of the wide orange-ground border differs from the latter, presenting large hooked diamonds and delicately drawn, diagonal stems attached to carnations. Unlike most Anatolian rugs, the colour white is not encountered in this piece. - Minimal repairs, very good overall condition; a high pile, original selvedges and the original red kilim finishes.","index":"A94\/104","index2":"","intro":"","literature":"","published":"BR\u00dcGGEMANN, WERNER & B\u00d6HMER, HARALD, Teppiche der Bauern und Nomaden in Anatolien. 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A ground of narrow, multi-coloured vertical stripes is traversed at right angles by even narrower horizontal stripes embellished with tiny crosses. The result is an amazingly colourful grid. The two vertical borders are decorated with different designs. The shield motifs in the light-red elems are a typical feature of rugs from the Konya region. \u2013 Somewhat reduced ends, slight damage to the sides, otherwise well preserved.","index":"A94\/154","index2":"","intro":"","literature":"","published":"","height":"88","origin_id":"10","highlight":"1","age":"Mid 19th century","dimensions":"88 x 64 cm","region":"Central Anatolia","price":"750.00","price_gbp":"662.63","price_usd":"850.95","price_double":750,"maxprice":"1,000.00","maxprice_gbp":"883.50","maxprice_usd":"1,134.60","maxprice_double":1000,"hammerprice":"3,800.00","hammerprice_gbp":"3,357.30","hammerprice_usd":"4,311.48","hammerprice_double":3800,"endprice":"4,674.00","endprice_gbp":"4,129.48","endprice_usd":"5,303.12","endprice_double":4674},"flag":{"result":false,"pricedisplay":"endprice","endprice":true,"hammerprice":false,"literature":false,"published":false,"wishlist":false,"zoomify":true}},{"data":{"id":"29097","auction_id":"34","auction_headline":"<li class=\"auction_heading\">\n<h1 class=\"catalogue\">Major Autumn Auction<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"date\">Saturday 17. 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Thirteen huge circular and fan-shaped blossoms constitute the main motifs of the design. The wide main border of ten blossoms, alternately depicted in top view and side view, is the focus of the composition. The scale of the three blossoms aligned vertically in the narrow field has been adapted to the available space, so that they are somewhat smaller than the blossoms in the border, although identical in interior design. A feature shared by all Large Medallion suzani is the bold, curved diagonal vines twining around the blossoms not only in the border, but also in the field, creating cohesion and a lively rhythm in the composition. The vines terminate in a blossom at one end, while the other end tapers to a point, and their sides are decorated with cruciform flowers. Their zoomorphous appearance would suggest that they are abstract animal figures, possibly centipedes or salamanders. The two secondary borders are fully embroidered in this suzani. \u2013 Very good condition. Backed with canvas.","index":"A94\/180","index2":"","intro":"<h2>Large Medallion Suzani<\/h2>\r\n<p>\r\nIn 2000, when Michael Franses published \"The Great Embroideries of Bukhara\", the catalogue raison\u00e9e on the \"Large Medallion\" group of suzani, 54 examples were known. Since then, a further twelve have come to light, making a current total of just 66. The embroideries from this particular group have proved to be among the most fascinating, most beautiful and certainly most valuable suzani from the old Emirates of Bokhara and Kokand.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nThe similarities of shared essential features suggest that many of the Large Medallion suzani were probably made in one particular district, most likely Bokhara. All of them were embroidered entirely in silk on a hand-made tabby weave cotton foundation, and none have been discovered with synthetic dyes. The principal stitch used on most Large Medallion suzani is basma, although at least three examples employ chain stitch as the main technique in their designs, while another mostly uses ilmok, with additional basma and chain stitch. Most use ilmok or chain stitch for the embroidery of the narrow lines that delineate the borders and the floral stems in the design. Often the angle of stitching is changed when using one colour, giving the impression of different shades because of the way the light strikes the surface.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nThe central medallions on these suzani come in a variety of different sizes and shapes, and they have provoked a number of opinions as to their origin and iconographic interpretation. There are several different border schemes, with some having no border at all. It is possible to divide the 66 known examples into ten types, on the basis of detailed examination of the compositions and particular shared design features. Through this familiarity it is possible to come a little closer to recognizing the quality and significance of these important textiles. \r\n<\/p><p>\r\nThe most prolific design type of Large Medallion suzani, of which 23 examples are known, have a large hexagonal central medallion, with a small round medallion in the middle from which protrude large stems, like the spokes of a wheel. The other design variations all retain features that link back to the core group. Ignazio Vok, who once had the largest and most significant collection of suzani (sold in these rooms in April 2015, March 2016 and March 2017), owned more Large Medallion Bokhara embroideries than any other collector, having examples of each of the design types.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nOf the two examples offered here, lot 180 belongs to type \u2018D\u2019, of which just seven examples are known. The central field of suzani of this type is relatively narrow and contains two or three large top- or side-view flowers. This is surrounded by a very wide primary border, approximately the same width as the field, which is flanked by narrow minor borders.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nThe second Large Medallion suzani offered here, lot 181 belongs to type \u2018J\u2019, of which just six examples are known. These have in the central field a lattice design containing various large side-view or top-view flowers, enclosed by a primary border flanked by guard borders. Some of the flowers are surrounded by gold spiralling, and many of the compartments also contain some smaller irises or other flowers.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nThe oldest Large Medallion suzani have been attributed to the 18th century. It is possible, however, that the tradition is far older and originated centuries earlier. No scientific test is currently known that can establish the date of manufacture of any of the surviving examples. The differences we have noted suggest that they might have been made in two phases, possibly consecutive and spanning not too long a period of time, during which changes in their designs took place which harked back to older models. Recent carbon-14 dating of a number of knotted pile carpets with compositions identical to each other, made in neighbouring Turkmenistan, have demonstrated that certain design traditions in this region show no change whatsoever over almost four centuries. There is no reason to suppose that the embroidery traditions in neighbouring Bokhara were any different. Suzani were first recorded in museum inventories in the middle of the 19th century, and these examples (which had been preserved with the greatest care) appear today to be at least a century or more older than when they were first noted.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nThe earliest surviving Large Medallion suzani could be amongst the oldest suzani extant, and some could be from as early as the 16th century (Ottoman silk embroideries worked on fine linen, which are far more fragile than suzani, survive from the 16th and 17th centuries). Then again, the Large Medallion suzani could also be the last survivors of an ancient tradition, of which the earliest examples no longer exist, and therefore date back to no earlier than the late 18th century, immediately prior to the arrival of the Russians. \r\n<\/p><p>\r\nPerhaps in the future scientific testing will clarify this issue. The Large Medallion suzani do stand out. For the time being, let the focus be on their extraordinary beauty and special magic. 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