mid 19th century "Akstafa" prayer rug, Southern Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.

AN AKSTAFA PRAYER RUG
EAST CAUCASUS, MID 19TH CENTURY
 

Price Realized $6,000

Sale Information
Christie's Sale 1493
EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL CARPETS
22 June 2005
New York, Rockefeller Plaza
 

Lot Description
131 - AN AKSTAFA PRAYER RUG
East Caucasus, Mid 19th Century
The ivory prayer arch with a stylized tulip trellis beneath ivory spandrels with stylized flowers within a rust red latchhook device border
Approximately 6 ft. x 2 ft. 11 in. (183 x 89 cm.)