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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
176
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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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