Karadja gallery,
Northwest Persia (Iran), c. 360 x 110 cm, about 1850, magnificent old runner from the Karadagh region on wool foundation with superb colour, wool and pattern quality, on sürmey-coloured background rows of medallions with the characteristic white braid and white eagle motif from the region, several four-legged figures and Talish-like rosettes were inserted as decorative motifs, James D. Burns deals with the medallion and four cartouches with arrows in greater detail, the red border is referred to as so-called bellflower border, a blue kilim end is still preserved in the upper section, partly deep pile, numerous bare areas resulting from moth damage are in need of professional repair. (MA)
Lit.: James D. Burns, Antique Rugs of Kurdistan, plates 65, 66, 67 and 68; Doris Eder, Battenberg Antiquitäten-Kataloge, Orientteppiche, volume 1: Kaukasische Teppiche, pp. 212–213.
21.09.2015 - 17:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 3,000.- to EUR 4,000.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 2,400.-
Karadja gallery,
Northwest Persia (Iran), c. 360 x 110 cm, about 1850, magnificent old runner from the Karadagh region on wool foundation with superb colour, wool and pattern quality, on sürmey-coloured background rows of medallions with the characteristic white braid and white eagle motif from the region, several four-legged figures and Talish-like rosettes were inserted as decorative motifs, James D. Burns deals with the medallion and four cartouches with arrows in greater detail, the red border is referred to as so-called bellflower border, a blue kilim end is still preserved in the upper section, partly deep pile, numerous bare areas resulting from moth damage are in need of professional repair. (MA)
Lit.: James D. Burns, Antique Rugs of Kurdistan, plates 65, 66, 67 and 68; Doris Eder, Battenberg Antiquitäten-Kataloge, Orientteppiche, volume 1: Kaukasische Teppiche, pp. 212–213.
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| Auction: | Oriental Carpets, Textiles and Tapestries |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 21.09.2015 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 16.09. - 21.09.2015 |