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Sotheby's Carpets from the Barbara Zidell Sedlin Family Collection
New York | 03 Mar 2009, 10:00 AM | N08532
LOT 16
A SEWAN KAZAK RUG, SOUTHWEST CAUCASUS,
approximately 7ft. 6in. by 5ft. 10in. (2.29 by 1.78m.)
circa 1890
ESTIMATE 15,000-20,000 USD