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A KARABAGH OR KUBA KELLEH, AZERBAIJAN, 18TH CENTURY

 


Sale Information
Christie's Sale 5950
HACKWOOD PARK
20 - 22 April 1998
London, King Street
 

Lot Description
A KARABAGH KELLEH
SOUTH CAUCASUS, 18TH CENTURY
Of Afshan design, the shaded blue field with an overall polychrome angular vine with palmettes, serrated floral motifs, hooked leaves and stylised flowerheads, in a golden-yellow border of polychrome flowerheads issuing hooked vine and delicate flowerhead motifs between ivory flowerhead and plain stripes, both ends and sides rewoven, overall wear, slight patching and old repair
15ft.2in. X 6ft.11in. (462cm. x 210cm.)

For a discussion of this, one of the most popular designs for eighteenth century Caucasian carpets, see Ellis (Charles Grant: Early Caucasian Rugs, Washington D.C., 1976, pp.84-89) and Yetkin (Serare: Early Caucasian Carpets in Turkey, London, 1978, vol.II, pp.61-63).