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JBOC Attribution: Oriental Rugs > Turkmen Rugs > Salor Rugs

Sotheby's Auctions » Fine Rugs and Carpets, including Islamic Textiles » lot 55

Sale L03760
A Salor trapping
West Turkestan
London, Bond Street 5,000—7,000 GBP Session 1
30 Apr 03 2:00 PM
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 7,440 GBP
MEASUREMENTS
170 by 59cm., 5ft. 7in. by 1ft. 11in.
DESCRIPTION
circa 1800, silk highlights, reduced in size
PROVENANCE
Sold at Phillips London, 23rd April 1996, lot 23.

This camel decoration would have been woven, probably by the Turkmen bride herself, to adorn her camel during the wedding procession. They were usually woven in pairs. Although reduced in size (there would have originally been three large guls rather than two) the design still exhibits the scale, beauty and crisp execution that make Salor weavings of this group amongst the most magnificent of Turkoman weavings. They are also extremely rare, with about ten examples known.

For related examples at auction, see Sotheby's New York, Turkmen and Antique Carpets from the Collection of Dr and Mrs Jon Thompson, 16th December 1993, lots 53 and 58; and Sotheby's New York, 13th April 1995, lot 82.

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