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                                                                     A KUBA RUG
                                                                     EAST CAUCASUS, CIRCA 1870
                                                                     Full pile throughout, corroded red, overall very good condition
                                                                     5ft.1in. x 4ft.6in. (155cm. x 138cm.)
                                                                     £4,000-5,000                   US$4,700-5,800
                                                                                                      €4,700-5,800












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                                                                     A MARASALI RUG
                                                                     EAST CAUCASUS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
                                                                     Even light wear, in overall very good condition
                                                                     5ft.3in. x 4ft.4in. (160cm. x 133cm.)
                                                                     £4,000-5,000                   US$4,700-5,800
                                                                                                                                 PROPERTY FROM THE JAMES D. BURNS COLLECTION
                                                                                                      €4,700-5,800
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                                                                                                                                 A  'BLOSSOM AND PALMETTE' CARPET
                                                                                                                                 EAST CAUCASUS, DATED AH 1260/1844-5 AD
                                                                                                                                 Scattered restoration, selvages partially rebound, one end partially rewoven  London, 16 April 2007, lot 15 and 25 October 2008, lot 304. Another related
                                                                                                                                 9ft.9in. x 7ft.3in. (296cm. x 221cm.)               soumac sold at Sotheby's, London, 12 October 2005, lot 11. The design is
                                                                                                                                                                                     found in both flatwoven soumacs and pile carpets. A pile rug with this design
                                                                                                                                 £12,000-16,000                       US$14,000-18,000
                                                                                                                                                                                     is illustrated in E.Heinrich Kircheim et al., Orient Stars, a Carpet Collection,
                                                                                                                                                                        €14,000-18,000
                                                                                                                                                                                     Stuttgart and London, 1933, p.125, no.60. A looser interpretation of both
                                                                                                                                 The archaic design of ascending columns of blossoms and palmettes   the field and border design can be found in a Dagestan soumac woven
                                                                                                                                 clearly derives from the 'Dragon and Palmette' group of classical Caucasian   carpet illustrated by Ulrich Schurmann, Caucasian Rugs, Braunschweig,
                                                                                                                                 carpets woven in the 17th century which are discussed by Serare Yetkin,   1961, pp.310-11, no.120. The present soumac bears a date in the upper half
                                                                                                                                 Early Caucasian Carpets in Turkey, Vol.II, London, 1978, pls.137-8 and 187.   of the field although this is not completely legible but most likely reads AH
           177                                                                                                                   Comparable examples in terms of age and design were sold at Christie's   1260/1844-5 AD.

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