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Sale Title Fine European and Oriental Carpets
Location New York, Rockefeller Plaza Sale Date Jun 19, 2003
Lot Number 103 Sale Number 1214
Creator Central-East Anatolia, Last Quarter 19th Century
Lot Title A UNIQUE ANIMAL PELT DESIGN RUG
Estimate 7,000 - 10,000 U.S. dollars
Lot Description A UNIQUE ANIMAL PELT DESIGN RUG
Central-East Anatolia, Last Quarter 19th Century
Having a brown and cream checkered field with attenuated, stylized
medallions within a camel polychrome cruciform border
Approximately 10ft. 1in. x 4ft. 9in. (307cm. x 145cm.)
Lot Notes The most intriguing aspect of the present lot is the spotted
field which mimics animal pelts and probably derives from the classic
cintimani design. The current lot finds few related examples. Two 17th
century Konya rugs with the same spotted field are in the Museum of
Turkish and Islamic Art, Istanbul (Olcer, Nazan et al.: Turkish Carpets
from the 13th-18th Centuries, Istanbul, 1996, pls. 145 and 146). Also
noteworthy is the treatment of the elongated skeletal repeat medallion
superimposed on the speckled field. The guard stripes, however, are
more typical and reminiscent of Kurdish rugs from Eastern Anatolia.
Interestingly, the lower end of the cruciform border changes to ivory
creating what could have been intended as a prayer arch. While the
present lot was woven much later than the examples cited, the design
remains archaic and is a further addition to the mysterious puzzle of
the Anatolian village rug tradition.
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