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Rippon Boswell & Co.
International Auctioneers of Rare Carpets & Textiles
Major Autumn Auction
Auction date: Saturday 26. November 2011 at 15 o'clock
Lot: 236
Marasali Prayer Rug: Botehs in various brilliant colours with serrated
outlines and of diverse interior drawing form a dense repeat of offset rows
in the midnight blue field. A wide prayer arch has been integrated into the
repeat at the upper end. The white-ground border is decorated with red
abstract birds. The characteristic shape of the botehs, fine weave and silk
wefts indicate that this prayer rug from the Shirvan region belongs to the
Marasali group. – New overcasting along the sides, both ends minimally
reduced, small repiled sections. Otherwise in good condition.
Origin: East Caucasus, Shirvan region
Dimensions: 128 x 117 cm
Age: Second half 19th century
Estimate: 15,000.00 €
Literature: BAUSBACK, PETER, Antike Orientteppiche. Brunswick 1978, pl. S.
239 *** EILAND, MURRAY (ed.), Oriental Rugs from Pacific Collections. San
Francisco 1990, no. 181, p. 182
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