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Major Autumn Auction
Auction date: Saturday 05. December 2009 at 03 PM
Rippon Boswell & Co.
International Auctioneers of Rare Carpets & Textiles
Lot: 174
Shirvan Prayer Rug: The fine weave and carefully executed, richly detailed
design make this white-ground prayer rug from the Shirvan region a
first-rate early example of its kind, still produced for home use rather
than export. The hexagonal lattice design ends at the top; here, the field
is covered in small dots, and two red hands have been placed at the side of
the niche. – Sides cut and newly overcast, the original kilim finishes have
survived at both ends. Uniformly low pile.
Origin:
East Caucasus
Size:
149 x 114 cm
Age:
Mid 19th century
Estimate:
6.800,00 €
Literature:
KAFFEL, RALPH, Caucasian Prayer Rugs. London 1998, no. 66
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