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rare antique Kazak rug with Memling Gul motifs Code: KZMG0626 Age: circa 1870-1880 Size: 140x166cm Size (ft): 4'7"x5'5" Structure: wool pile, ivory wool warps and red wool wefts. Knots: Gördes (Turkish, symmetrical) Condition: Good pile throughout. Some old small repairs. All natural dyes; no synthetic dyes whatsoever. The rug also features a particularly attractive and rare old purple, which is an indicator of a pre-commercial production period. Description: The motif takes its name from Hans Memling (c. 1430–1494), the German-born Netherlandish painter, whose works frequently depict carpets featuring similar geometric medallions. Because of these representations, the design came to be known in carpet literature as the “Memling gul,” although its origins are considerably older and lie within the Central Asian and Anatolian weaving traditions. Among the notable examples in Memling’s oeuvre are Madonna and Child with Saints James and Dominic (1488–1490, Louvre, Paris), the Donne Triptych (c. 1475, National Gallery, London), Virgin and Child Enthroned (c. 1485, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna), and Flower Still Life (c. 1490, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid), all of which feature Anatolian Turkoman rugs with this motif. Within the broader Kazak Memling gul corpus, this carpet belongs to a distinct subgroup that survives in only a small number of recorded example. In total, approximately 12–13 examples of this subgroup are currently recorded. This rug was offered for sale at Sotheby’s on 30 October 1981 as lot 206. The most well-known example of this subgroup is the carpet published as the first plate in Mike Tschebull’s Kazak book. This carpet is almost identical to the present example:   The present type has also been published in Ian Bennett’s Oriental Rugs, Volume I (plate 76), and in Doris Eder’s Orientteppiche Band 1: Kaukasische Teppiche. The piece further appears in one of the Bausback auction catalogues.  The below shown carpet was formerly part of the renowned collection of the late Jim Dixon.  This fourth example was published in Rudolf Mangisch’s Sammlerteppiche und Antike Textilien (1990).  Image courtesy: John Taylor And a related example was likely woven in a different district, it was offered for sale at Sotheby’s New York on 31 January 2014 in the Carpets and Textiles from Distinguished Collections auction, where it sold for $10,625. The piece was formerly property from the collection of Robert P. Hendrikson.  |
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