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ANTIQUE KARS KAĞIZMAN RUGS (EASTERN ANATOLIA, TURKEY) 

 

Eastern Anatolian rug (Kars / Kağızman?), Turkey, 17-18th centuries.  Heinrich Kirchheim, Orient Stars (labeled as "Seljuk")
Antique Eastern Anatolian rug, Turkey. Sartirana Textile Show 2010, Sartirana Castle, Sartirana, Lomellina (Pv), Italy
Antique Kars / Kağızman rug, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey, mid 19th century. Published in Oriental Rugs: Turkish / by Fritzsche Zipper, C Fritzche, K Zipper, page 188
Antique Eastern Anatolian rug, Turkey, early to mid 19th century. private collection

Eastern Anatolian Yürük rug, Turkey, 19th century