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A SILK KHOTAN CARPET
TARIM BASIN, EAST TURKESTAN, CIRCA 1900
Overall excellent condition
10ft.4in. x 5ft.2in. (314cm. x 157cm.)
£10,000-15,000 US$15,000-21,000
€12,000-17,000
PROVENANCE:
Anon sale, Christie's London, 5 April 2011, lot 87
A silk Khotan carpet of a similar design with a polychrome wave-
pattern border sold in the Davide Halevim Collection, Christie's
London, 14 February 2001, lot 42 and a slightly earlier but very similar
carpet was in the Bernheimer Family Collection of Carpets, Christie's
London, 14 Februrary, 1996, lot 49.

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A KHOTAN RUG
TARIM BASIN, EAST TURKESTAN, MID-19TH CENTURY
Of triple medallion design, localised wear, minor repiling, overall fair condition
8ft.5in. x 4ft. (257cm. x 122cm.)
£4,000-6,000 US$5,700-8,400
€4,700-6,900
The banded fret-work pattern that runs diagonally through all four borders
on the present lot is particularly striking. A comparable rug displaying a triple
medallion field with a broader polychrome 'wave' border, formerly part of the
147 collection of Hans Konig, sold in these Rooms, 25 October 2018, lot 285.

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