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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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