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"Transylvanian" prayer rug with single niche and two columns, Western Turkey, early 18th century. Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu (inv. no 1625). From Evangelical Church of Sibiu.

Published in Stefano Ionescu's "Antique Ottoman Rugs in Transylvania", plate 216