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ANTIQUE
CAUCASIAN DRAGON SUMAKH RUGS, AZERBAIJAN
Note: below shown antique
sumakh rugs were woven in various villages of East and North East Azerbaijan
EARLY TO MID 19TH CENTURY ANTIQUE CAUCASIAN DRAGON SUMAKH RUGS
 click to enlarge Wher Collection Kuba Dragon soumak, dated AH 1222 (1806-7 AD), Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. This is the earliest dated example. 229 x 338 cm |
 click to enlarge Soumak-woven rug in a degenerate dragon rug scheme. Textile Museum, gift of Charles Grant Ellis 1971.7.1. Published at Ellis, Charles Grant: Early Caucasian Rugs, Textile Museum, Washington D.C., 1975, p. 17 |
 click to enlarge 1252 AH (1836/37 AD) dated Kuba Dragon flatweave soumac rug, Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, Lot 50 Christie's (London), Rugs and Carpets - Battilossi Tappeti d'Antiquariato, Wednesday, 11 February, 1998 9ft.2in.x6ft.1in. (279crn.x185cm.) |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon flatweave rug, mid 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 346cm x 235cm / 11'4" x 7'9". Koessl Kunst & Teppich |
 click to enlarge 1262 AH / 1845-46 AD dated Kuba Dragon flatweave soumak rug, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan Christie's Sale 6283, 13 April 2000 London, King Street, 9ft.7in. x 7ft.2in. (291cm. x 218cm.) |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon flatweave rug, mid 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 10ft 3in x 6ft 8in, sold $9000, 27 Sep 2005-Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets, Bonhams |
 click to enlarge A DRAGON SOUMAC CARPET SOUTH CAUCASUS, CIRCA 1800 Christie's Sale 7039, oriental rugs and carpets, 28 April 2005, London, King Street 9ft.10in. x 6ft.10in. (299cm. x 208cm.) Provenance: The James D. Burns Collection, Christie's, London, 18 October 2001, lot 245 |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon flatweave sumakh rug, mid 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan Finarte, 11/2006 |
Mid 19th - 2ND HALF 19TH CENTURY ANTIQUE
CAUCASIAN KUBA DRAGON SUMAKH RUGS
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon flatweave rug, second half 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan Probably second half 19th century. 164 x 205 cm published Ian Bennett's Oriental Rugs Volume I, plate 465 |
 click to enlarge LOT: 1715, Dragon sumakh DRAGON SUMAKH antique. 278x191 cm. Galerie Koler, 09/12/2004 |
 click to enlarge Sotheby's Sale: N07773 | Location: New York Auction Dates: Session 1: Wed, 10 Apr 02 10:15 AM LOT 82: A SOUMAC DRAGON CARPET, EAST CAUCASUS, 8ft. 6in. by 7ft. 5in. (2.59 by 2.26m.), third quarter 19th c. |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon flatweave sumakh rug, third quarter 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan 1.80 x 2.32m, lot 440, Adam Clayton Collection |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon flatweave soumac rug, Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, Christie's (London) Rugs and Carpets -- Battilossi Tappeti d'Antiquariato Wednesday, 11 February, 1998 Lot 86: THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY 10ft.7in. x7ft.2in. (322cm. x218cm.) |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon flatweave rug, late 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 14 October 2003, Bonhams, Oriental and European Carpets and Rugs, 224 x 143 cm |
 click to enlarge Sale 2347 Lot 91 Dragon Soumak Carpet, Northeast Caucasus, 1870s, 10 ft. x 6 ft. 2 in. Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon flatweave soumakh rug, 3rd quarter 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan Sotheby's Sale: W03776 | Location: London, Olympia Auction Dates: Session 1: Tue, 11 Feb 03 10:30 AM LOT 69 (of 292), 300 by 188cm., 9ft. 10in. by 6ft. 2in. |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon flatweave rug, second half 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan Probably second half 19th century. 317x 171 cm published Ian Bennett's Oriental Rugs Volume I, plate 464 |
 click to enlarge An outstanding example of an antique Kuba Dragon soumak rug, 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 255 x 360 cm |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon flatweave rug, 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan Lot 132, Size 249 x 123 cm Sale 46T, Lot No. 132, Nagel Auktionen |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon flatweave rug (soumak), third quarter 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, Sothebys' Sale: N08038 | Location: New York Auction Dates: Session 1: Thu, 16 Dec 04 10:15 AM 10ft. 9in. by 6ft. (3.28 by 1.83m.) |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon soumak rug, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon flatweave soumak rug, late 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 235 x 309 cm |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon flatweave soumak rug, 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan 10'8" X 7'9" [m. 3-30 x 2.40], published at Luciano Coen & Louise Duncan's The Oriental Rug, plate 78 |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon flatweave soumakh rug, last quarter 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan Sotheby's Sale: W02872 | Location: London, Olympia Auction Dates: Session 1: Wed, 16 Oct 02 2:00 PM LOT 42 (of 102), 355 by 253cm., 11ft. 8in. by 8ft. 4in. |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon soumac rug, mid 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon flatweave soumak rug, 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. |
 Antique Kuba Dragon sumakh, 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. Moshe Tabibnia Collection |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon flatweave soumak rug, late 19th / early 20th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan |
 click to enlarge 1324 AH (1907/08 AD) dated Kuba Dragon soumak rug, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. Published La Torre, Alberto Boralevi - Splendori di Citta, 360 x 275 cm |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon flatweave soumak rug, Northern Kuba Region, NE Azerbaijan, Lot 117: last quarter 19th century, 9 ft. 9 in. x 7 ft. Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets - Sale 2457, Skinner Auctioneers of Antiques & Fine Art |
 click to enlarge A rare Kuba Dragon flatweave rug, second half 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan Sale 2247 Lot 69, 9 ft. 8 in. x 7 ft. 2 in. Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon flatweave rug, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 217 X 175 cm probably last quarter of the nineteenth century |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon flatweave rug with unusual design, second half 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon soumac flatweave rug, last quarter 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan Sale 119 Lot 678, circa 1880 10 feet 8 inches x 8 feet 4 inches, Grogan and Company |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon flatweave rug, late 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 223x360cm |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon flatweave soumac rug, late 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan late 19th century, Christies Sale 1493, EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL CARPETS, 22 June 2005, New York, Rockefeller Plaza, 11 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 9 in. (351 x 236 cm.) |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon flatweave soumak rug, late 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 178 x 255 cm |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon Soumak, Northern Kuba Region, Qusar District, North East Azerbaijan 62 Zeikhur Soumak (so-called Dragon Soumak), Kussar district, Kuba 336 x 155 cm 2nd half of 19th century published at Siyawouch Azadi "Azerbaijani Caucasian rugs" plate no: 62 |
 click to enlarge Antique Kuba Dragon flatweave soumak rug, first quarter 20th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 162 x 204 cm |
