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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CONNECTICUT
COLLECTION
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A 'SILEH' SOUMAC CARPET
EAST CAUCASUS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Part-cotton highlights, woven in two panels, some
localised staining and overall sun fading
PROPERTY FROM
A PRIVATE CONNECTICUT COLLECTION 10ft.10in. x 7ft.4in. (331cm. x 223cm.)
■*218 £3,000-5,000 US$3,500-5,700
€3,500-5,700
A GHUDJERI KILIM
UZBEKISTAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Woven in thirteen strips with embroidered
detailing, one small area of damage and localised
light surface marks, overall very good condition
11ft.10in. x 6ft. (361cm. x 183cm.)

£4,000-6,000 US$4,700-6,900
€4,700-6,900
Known locally as ghudjeri, these highly decorated
kilims were made for domestic use by nomadic
Uzbeks in northern Afghanistan and Uzbekistan
in the villages to the west of Mazar-i-Sharif,
near Balkh and Aq Chah, (A. Hull, and J.Luczyc-
Wyhowska, Kilim, The Complete Guide, London,
1993, pp.264-5, fig.504). They were woven in
long bands, cut into strips between 160cm. and
210cm. in length and then sewn together in the
same way as a Persian jajim. The decoration is
warp-faced, with long loose warps at the back
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and their ornamentation points to a pre-lslamic,
shamanistic source filled with complex, ancient
motifs predominantly woven in a palette of red,
yellow, ivory and black. The dramatic patterns
that alternate in direction and colour create
an exuberant display of vibrancy. Previously
unclassified, Dr. Claudius Giese explored
this group of Central Asian flat weaves in an
exhibition, ‘The Unknown Uzbek Ghudjeri-Kilim’,
held in 2002 at the Ethno-Textil Gallery in
Bremen, where fifty examples woven between
1850-1950 were on display, (HALI, Issue 121, VARIOUS PROPERTIES
p.125).
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AN EMBROIDERED VERNEH RUG
EAST CAUCASUS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Overall very good condition
6ft.10in. x 5ft. (209cm. x 153cm.) incl. kilim
£4,000-6,000 US$4,700-6,900
€4,700-6,900

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