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A KUBA CARPET
EAST CAUCASUS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Price Realized Ј3,840 ($6,724)
Sale Information
Sale 7219
Oriental Rugs and Carpets
6 April 2006
London, King Street
Lot Description
A KUBA CARPET
EAST CAUCASUS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Of eighteenth century design, localised areas of wear, lightly corroded
black, overall good condition
11ft.4in. x 6ft.3in. (344cm. x 191cm.)
Lot Notes
This rug has a field design of simplifed shield-like palmettes with stylised
arabesque leaves taken directly from 18th century Kuba shield rugs. (Hali,
Vol.1. No.1. fig.69, p.17 for example). The mock kufic border is well known
in Kuba from the early 19th century onwards.
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