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Small pattern Holbein carpet, XVI century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. |
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Sotheby's Carpets New York | 03 Jun 2005, 10:15 AM | N08103 LOT 17 A "SMALL PATTERN HOLBEIN" FRAGMENTARY RUG, WEST ANATOLIA, 16th century Condition Note: oxidized charcoals, pieced together, rewoven areas, outer guard stripes from a later rug, overcast sides, ESTIMATE 20,000-30,000 USD CATALOGUE NOTE PROVENANCE: Property from a Collection, Sotheby's New York, 15 December 2000, lot 60. CATALOGUE NOTE The 'Small Pattern Holbein' design is named after the artist Hans Holbein the Younger, a similar rug appears in his Portrait of George Gisze of 1532. This rug, albeit composite with partially displaced field motifs, has good color retention and clarity of drawing. According to Charles Grant Ellis, Ellis in Holbeinland, see: Pinner, Robert and Denny, Walter P. (eds) Oriental Carpet and Textile Studies I, London, 1985, pp. 55-75, there are only 26 examples of 'Small Pattern Holbeins' with bi-colored fields displaying panel counterchange. The Kufesque border of the current lot is of the 'C1' type as classified by Pinner, Robert and Stanger, Jackie, 'Kufic' Borders on 'Small Pattern Holbein' Carpets, Hali, vol. 1, no. 4, 1978, pp. 335-8 (see D14). This border can be seen in a painting by Antonio Badile dating from 1544 in the Museo del Castelvacchio, Verona, see: Mills, John 'Small Pattern Holbein' Carpets in Western Paintings, Hali, vol. 1, no. 4, 1978, p. 332, m. 34, for a detail of Madonna and Child with SS. Andrew, Peter and John the Evangelist. For related carpets see: Boralevi, Alberto, Oriental Geometries: Stefano Bardini and the Antique Carpet, Florence, 1999, pl. 12, p. 50-51; Ellis in Holbeinland (op. cit.), R.28, pp. 65 and 67, for a rug in the Bavarian National Museum, Munich, T.1598, and another in the Hungarian National Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest (inv. no. 14.785), see: Batari, Ferenc, The First Turkish Carpet Exhibition in the West, Hali, Issue 136, p. 71. Two fragments from this group have appeared on the market, see: Christie's London, The Christopher Alexander Collection, 15 October 1998, lot 218 and Christie's London, 12 October 2000, lot 201. Among the most sought after of all Classical Turkish weavings, according to Ellis (op. cit.), of the 70 known rugs and fragments of the 'Small Pattern Holbein' group, all but 13 are held either by museums, churches or other institutions. |
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