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■*176
 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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 ■*177
 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
          ■*178
          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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