Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.

Lot: 131
Daghestan Prayer Rug: A white-ground prayer rug with a hexagonal lattice design containing flowering shrubs. The wide, mid blue mihrab is decorated with small stepped polygons. The red main border contains abstract birds stylised to `S? forms. – Original finishes all around, uniformly low pile.
Origin:North East Caucasus
Size: 149 x 112 cm
Age: Second half 19th century
Estimate: 3.800,00 €

Major Autumn Auction
Auction date: Saturday 05. December 2009 at 03 PM
Rippon Boswell & Co.
International Auctioneers of Rare Carpets & Textiles