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Western Anatolian Turkish prayer rug in an ivory ground, "Transylvanian" type, late XVII or early XVIII century, Ottoman Empire. Iparmuveszeti Muzeum (Museum of Applied Arts), Budapest, inv. no: 7945

 

Published in Ferenc Batari's 'Ottoman Turkish Carpets', Budapest, 1994