JBOC Attribution: Oriental Rugs - Turkmen Rugs - Tekke Rugs - Tekke Chuvals
Lot 72 Tekke Chuval 18th century, West Turkestan, Central Asia, ca. 69 x 117 cm Estimate: 1,000 Euros Sold for 27.000 Euros (Hammer prices, buyer's premium (20%) and V.A.T. (16% on the premium) are not included) “This could be the would be sleeper that gets a bunch of Turkomaniacs going and takes off. Hard to make a definitive judgement from the illustration in the catalogue, but this looks to be a very old and beautiful Tekke trapping. At the estimate it seems a snip. We shall see how it goes.” Alan Marcuson Previously published in www.Cloudband.com Rippon Boswell & Co JBOC Notes: The Tekke attribution is rather controversial. Hali a well respeceted Oriental rug magazine in Hali 125 called the Tekke attribution a misattribution and attributed this piece to the Salor. In Hali 126 the currenty owner Ronnie Newman argues this is a Tekke. The controversy is fueled by a few key facts. The Juval uses asymetric knots open to the right which is a Tekke characteristic. But on the Salor side is the depressed foundation which is not usually seen in Tekke work of the age everyone agrees of this piece. Hali feels the color and aesthetic is Salor.
This is a splendid old Tekke. Rippon Boswell in Wiesbaden called it 18th century which seems conservative. Following James C. Allen on the spatial properties of the so-called "Flying Chuval Guls" this one seems very early. Of course since it sold for 27 times estimate I suspect I am not the only one who thinks it is very early. For Further Reading: Thanks and best wishes, J. Barry O'Connell Jr. |
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