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 Sheep Breeds of Azerbaijan

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 Difference between synthetically and naturally dyed rugs

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Central Anatolia, jijim, Obruk or Sivrihissar region, 4.6 x 5.3 feet, c. 1850-75. This is a rare prayer design of finely brocaded ascending arches capped by a single pointed mihrab arch in the architectural form of a Seljuk turbe.


Dennis Dodds Collection
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