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Western Anatolian rug, Bergama, Turkey, 19th century.


LOT: 25 Bergama, 210 x 178 cm. Early 19th century
ESTIMATE: 18,000 EUR
SOLD: 15,000 EUR

Rippon Boswell
Major Spring Auction - Collector's carpets
Wiesbaden, Germany 20. maj 2006

 

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 Sale Information
Christies SALE 1214 —
FINE EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL CARPETS
19 June 2003
New York, Rockefeller Plaza

Price Realized $3,346

 

Lot 162
A BERGAMA RUG
West Anatolia, Early 19th Century
The open crimson sparce floral field with a diamond medallion containing stylized arabesques within four indigo stylized compartments flanked by double end compartments all within the indigo archaic cruciform border
Approximately 6ft. 9in. x 5ft. 11in. (206cm. x 180cm.)
Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY OF A CALIFORNIA COLLECTOR