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Chodor Torba mid-19th Sotheby's Lot 33

Chodor Torba mid-19th Sotheby's Lot 33

Fine Rugs & Carpets including Islamic Textiles
SALE W02872 LOT 33
SESSION 1 | 16 Oct 02 2:00 PM.
London, Olympia
Property of Various Owners
W - A Chodor torba, North Turkestan, mid 19th century
800—1,200 GBP
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 846 GBP
MEASUREMENTS
135 by 46cm., 4ft. 5in by 1ft. 6in.
DESCRIPTION
yellow silk highlights This lot contains 1 item(s).
For related examples see Louise W. Mackie and Jon Thompson, Turkmen Tribal Carpets and Traditions, The Textile Museum, Washington D.C., 1980, ill. 50, p.16 and Sotheby's, New York, 16 December 1993, Turkmen and Antique Carpets from the Collection of Dr and Mrs Jon Thompson, Lot 36.

I am not looking to buy or sell. I am reviewing this rug to place it in context and to use it as a teaching aid.

Thanks and best wishes,

J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

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