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A KUBA KELLEH
EAST CAUCASUS, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Price Realized (Set Currency) Ј7,500 ($10,905)
Sale Information
Christie's Sale 7717
Oriental And European Rugs & Carpets
2 April 2009
London, King Street
Lot Description
A KUBA KELLEH
EAST CAUCASUS, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Areas of wear, reduced in length, corroded black, patch repair in end border
from original carpet, scattered old repiling
17ft.10in. x 7ft.11in. (543cm. x 241cm.)
Provenance
Ex Näsby House, Sweden
Lot Notes
A very similar Kuba kelleh in size and design, dated AH 1222/1807 AD, but
with a reversed colour scheme of an ivory lattice field with a dark blue
border, was at Näsby House, Sweden, (F.R.Martin, A History of Oriental
Carpets, State and Court Printing Office, Vienna, 1908, pl.XXIII), and was
later loaned by Vojtech Blau, for "The Grand Gallery" exhibition, 19
October, 1974 - 5 January, 1975, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York.
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