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ANTIQUE CAUCASIAN AZERBAIJANI  KUBA DOUBLE SADDLE BAGS (KHOURJUN), SHOULDER BAGS (HEYBE), HORSE SADDLES (YAHARLIK)

 


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Antique Kuba or Baku khurjun (khorjin) bagface, late 19th century, Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, Lot 206: Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets - Sale 2389 - Lot 206, Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art

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Antique Kuba khurjun (khorjin) / double saddle bag, late 19th century, Southern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. Auktion 680, 10. März 2007, Rippon Boswell

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Antique Kuba or Shirvan khurjun (khorjin) / double saddle bag, Eastern Azerbaijan

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Antique Kuba heybe (shoulder bag), late 19th century, Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 36cm(W) x 119cm(L) / 1'2"(W) x 3'11"(L)

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Antique Kuba khurjun (khorjin) / double saddle sumakh bag face, North East Azerbaijan 1.8x1.8, 19thC
 

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Antique Kuba khurjun (khorjin) / double saddle bagface, North East Azerbaijan, 50.8cm(H) x 40.6cm(W) / 1'8"(H) x 1'4"(W), Dennis R. Dodds

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KUBA KILIM SADDLE BAG, Caucasus, late 19th century
Sale 120 Lot 63. Grogan and Company.


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Antique Kuba soumak khurjun (khorjin) / double saddle bagface, late 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan

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Antique Kuba khurjun (khorjin) / double saddle bag, North East Azerbaijan

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Lot 207: Kuba Bagface, Northeast Caucasus, late 19th/early 20th century, (very slight moth damage), 1 ft. 4 in. x 1 ft. 2 in. Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets - Sale 2389 -
Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art


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23"x20", Kuba horse saddle, hand knotted wool pile, Eastern Caucasus, late 19thC

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Antique Kuba khurjun / khorjun, possibly Konagkend District, North East Azerbaijan.

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Antique Kuba soumak khurjun bagface, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan.

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Antique Kuba or Shirvan small bag face, Azerbaijan. It has a navy blue field with a rust red leaf medallion. Complete with backing. 31 x 35 cm. (1 ft. 1 in. x 1 ft. 2 in.)

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Lot 109: Shahsavan Saddlebags, Northwest Persia, last quarter 19th century, Provenance: Property of the estate of Milton H. Crouch, Burlington, Vermont.
Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets - Sale 2486
Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art



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Antique Kuba Seichour or Alpan khurjun (khorjin) / double saddle bag face, first quarter 20th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan.

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Lot 276: East Caucasian Soumak and Plain Weave Bag, late 19th century, (some Soumak losses), 2 ft. 2 in. x 2 ft. Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets - Sale 2389
Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art