Christies auction 10 April 2008 in King Street, London, includes 288 lots.
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LOT: 107
RUG NAME: Central Anatolian rug
AGE: late 16th or 17th century
ESTIMATE: 30,000 – 40,000 GBP
SOLD:
DESCRIPTION: 0107 Sale Number 7572 Creator LATE 16TH OR 17TH CENTURY Lot Title A CENTRAL ANATOLIAN RUG Estimate 30,000 – 40,000 British pounds Lot Description A CENTRAL ANATOLIAN RUG LATE 16TH OR 17TH CENTURY Areas of loss, wear and corrosion, backed 6ft.11in. x 4ft.10in. (211cm. x 147cm.) Literature Christopher Alexander; A Foreshadowing of 21st Century Art, New York and Oxford, pp.326-327 Lot Notes One of the joys of historical Turkish village rugs is their playing with wonderful rich colours, frequently, as here, of considerably greater variety than is found in the classical carpets which were exported to Europe. There are a great variety of tones used here that give the carpet a very happy overall impression. Many of the motifs are archaic, such as the colouring and placing of the spandrels which recalls those of 15th century and earlier carpets such as a fragment in the Kirchheim Collection (E. Heinrich Kirchheim et al., Orient Stars, A Carpet Collection, Stuttgart and London, 1993, no.213, p.335). The colouring also reminds one of the Sailer Anchor carpet in the same collection (Kirchheim, op.cit, no.198, pp.314-5), or even a medallion carpet attributed to 16th/17th century Konya, again in the Orient Stars Collection (Kirchheim, op.cit, no.178, pp.256-7). The border design is found in one other carpet, but with very different colouring and less curvilinear drawing (Suzan Bayraktaroglu and Serpil Ozcelik, Carpet Museum & Kilim and Flatweaving Rugs Museum Catalogue, Ankara, 2007, no.39, pp.78-9). Each of the arms in the medallions in the present border are very finely drawn, thus very clearly defining the four black arrowheads pointing into the centre of each. This is a rug with no easy parallel in the literature – it is a tribute to the artistic sensitivities and innate eye of the weaver.
LOT: 14
RUG NAME: Moghan rug
AGE: ca. 1880
ESTIMATE: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
SOLD:
DESCRIPTION: 0014 Sale Number 7572 Creator SOUTH CAUCASUS, CIRCA 1880 Lot Title A MOGHAN RUG Estimate 2,000 – 3,000 British pounds Lot Description A MOGHAN RUG SOUTH CAUCASUS, CIRCA 1880 Scattered areas of repiling and small restorations, ends frayed 5ft.2in. x 4ft.1in. (157cm. x 124cm.)
LOT: 180
RUG NAME: Ersari rug
AGE: ca. 1880
ESTIMATE: 2,500 – 3,500 GBP
SOLD:
DESCRIPTION: 0180 Sale Number 7572 Creator AFGHANISTAN, CIRCA 1880 Lot Title AN ERSARI RUG Estimate 2,500 – 3,500 British pounds Lot Description AN ERSARI RUG AFGHANISTAN, CIRCA 1880 With purple silk highlights, corroded brown, localised repiling 6ft.8in. x 4ft.9in. (204cm. x 145cm.)
LOT: 187
RUG NAME: Ushak carpet
AGE: ca. 1890
ESTIMATE: 6,000 – 10,000 GBP
SOLD:
DESCRIPTION: 0187 Sale Number 7572 Creator WEST ANATOLIA, CIRCA 1890 Lot Title A LARGE USHAK CARPET Estimate 6,000 – 10,000 British pounds Lot Description A LARGE USHAK CARPET WEST ANATOLIA, CIRCA 1890 Areas of wear, some holes and damage, localised staining, surface dirt 20ft.8in. x 14ft.3in. (628cm. x 434cm.)
LOT: 221
RUG NAME: Sultanabad carpet
AGE: ca. 1890
ESTIMATE: 25,000 – 35,000 GBP
SOLD:
DESCRIPTION: 0221 Sale Number 7572 Creator WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890 Lot Title A LARGE SULTANABAD CARPET Estimate 25,000 – 35,000 British pounds Lot Description A LARGE SULTANABAD CARPET WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890 Minor restorations and repiling, overall good condition 27ft. x 17ft.3in. (825cm. x 525cm.)
LOT: 240
RUG NAME: Heriz carpet
AGE: ca. 1880
ESTIMATE: 12,000 – 16,000 GBP
SOLD:
DESCRIPTION: 0240 Sale Number 7572 Creator NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1880 Lot Title A HERIZ CARPET Estimate 12,000 – 16,000 British pounds Lot Description A HERIZ CARPET NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1880 Uneven overall wear, corroded brown, ends rewoven 12ft.6in. x 10ft.5in. (382cm. x 317cm.)
LOT: 30
RUG NAME: Afshar rug
AGE: ca. 1890
ESTIMATE: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
SOLD:
DESCRIPTION: 0030 Sale Number 7572 Creator SOUTH PERSIA, CIRCA 1890 Lot Title AN AFSHAR RUG Estimate 2,000 – 3,000 British pounds Lot Description AN AFSHAR RUG SOUTH PERSIA, CIRCA 1890 Corroded brown, repairs, otherwise good condition 5ft.10in. x 4ft.3in. (178cm. x 130cm.)
LOT: 31
RUG NAME: Afshar rug
AGE: ca. 1880
ESTIMATE: 3,500 – 5,500 GBP
SOLD:
DESCRIPTION: 0031 Sale Number 7572 Creator SOUTH PERSIA, CIRCA 1880 Lot Title AN AFSHAR RUG Estimate 3,500 – 5,500 British pounds Lot Description AN AFSHAR RUG SOUTH PERSIA, CIRCA 1880 Light spots of wear and corrosion, ends frayed, overall good condition 6ft.2in. x 4ft.9in. (186cm. x 146cm.)
LOT: 39
RUG NAME: Heriz carpet
AGE: ca. 1890
ESTIMATE: 7,000 – 9,000 GBP
SOLD:
DESCRIPTION: 0039 Sale Number 7572 Creator NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890 Lot Title A HERIZ CARPET Estimate 7,000 – 9,000 British pounds Lot Description A HERIZ CARPET NORTH WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890 Areas of wear, corroded brown, surface dirt and light stains, repaired tear, selvages slightly frayed, ends nibbled but secured 18ft.9in. x 13ft.4in. (570cm. x 406cm.)
LOT: 57
RUG NAME: Senneh rug
AGE: dated 1891
ESTIMATE: 7,000 – 9,000 GBP
SOLD:
DESCRIPTION: 0057 Sale Number 7572 Creator WEST PERSIA, DATED AH 1309/1891-2 AD Lot Title A SENNEH RUG Estimate 7,000 – 10,000 British pounds Lot Description A SENNEH RUG WEST PERSIA, DATED AH 1309/1891-2 AD Depicting the Ottoman Royal emblem, full pile, minor spots of localised repiled moth damage, ends secured 6ft.9in. x 4ft.10in. (206cm. x 147cm.) Lot Notes The knot count is approximately 8H x 8V per cm. sq.
LOT: 85
RUG NAME: Bijar carpet
AGE: ca. 1890
ESTIMATE: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP
SOLD:
DESCRIPTION: 0085 Sale Number 7572 Creator WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890 Lot Title A BIJAR CARPET Estimate 3,000 – 5,000 British pounds Lot Description A BIJAR CARPET WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890 Areas of wear, some surface dirt, selvages frayed, one end missing knots 13ft.4in. x 7ft.7in. (406cm. x 231cm.)
LOT: 92
RUG NAME: Isfahan carpet
AGE: 17th century
ESTIMATE: 6,000 – 10,000 GBP
SOLD:
DESCRIPTION: Creator CENTRAL PERSIA, 17TH CENTURY Lot Title AN ISFAHAN CARPET Estimate 6,000 – 10,000 British pounds Pre-lot Text VARIOUS PROPERTIES Lot Description AN ISFAHAN CARPET CENTRAL PERSIA, 17TH CENTURY Overall wear, extensive repair and repiling, reduced in length, both ends rewoven 15ft.11in. x 6ft.11in. (485cm. x 211cm.)