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ANTIQUE SHIRVAN KABISTAN RUGS AND CARPETS

 

Early examples 1800-1870

 


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Early Shirvan Kabistan prayer rug, Southern Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 1800-1826. 86 x 112 cm. dated 1232 or 1242 (1817 or 1826)

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 A fine Shirvan Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, early 19th century, Southern Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan

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Early  Shirvan prayer rug, Southern Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 96 x 135 cm, 3'2" x 4'5". first half 19th century, published Ralph Kaffel's Caucasian Prayer Rugs, plate 82

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Antique Shirvan Kabistan prayer rug, Southern Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. early 19th century, 1,02 X 1.30m (4'3" x 3'4"). Dixon Collection

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Antique Shirvan Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, mid 19th century, Southern Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. AH 1258 (=1842 AD) dated.

 


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AH 1259 (1843 AD) dated antique Shirvan Kabistan prayer rug, Southern Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan

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mid 19th century, Blau Collection
A SHIRVAN MARASALI PRAYER RUG,  LOT SOLD: 90,000 USD, silk foundation
approximately 4ft. 2in. by 3ft. 4in. (1.27 by 1.02m.)
circa 1875, Carpets from the Estate of Vojtech Blau
Sotheby's New York | 14 December 2006 | N08291

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AH 1270 (1853 AD) dated antique Shirvan Kabistan prayer rug, Southern Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. published at Erwin Gans-Ruedin "Caucasian carpets", 1986

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1270 (1854) dated antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Sotheby's

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1267 (=1850) dated antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. possibly mid 19th century

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Shirvan prayer rug, Caucasus, dated 1273 (= 1856). Outer stripe missing, damaged, repaired, repilings. 121 x 110 cm. Germany, Nagel Auktionen, Sale 53T, July 14th 2009

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Victoria & Albert Museum. c1860

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dated AH 1278 (=1861) antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan

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AH 1274 (=1858 AD) dated antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan

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AH 1282 (1865 AD) dated antique Shirvan prayer rug, Southern Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 112 x 155 cm.  published Ralph Kaffel's Caucasian Prayer Rugs, plate 78

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AH 1284 (=1868 AD) dated antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan

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1216 (=1802 AD) dated early Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. published Ian Bennett's Oriental Rugs Volume I

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. c1860

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AH 1220 or 1240 dated (1824 AD) antique Shirvan Kabistan prayer rug, Southern Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.
Ian Bennett's Oriental Rugs, Volume I, plate 428

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Mid 19th century antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug

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Shirvan prayer rug, Eastern Caucasus, West Coast of the Caspian Sea, illegibly dated, but circa 1860-70

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. c.1870

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, c1870. Major Spring Auction 23. May 2009. Rippon Boswell & Co. International Auctioneers of Rare Carpets & Textiles

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Antique Shirvan Kabistan prayer rug, Southern Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. AH 1258 dated (1842).

 

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug, c. 1870s, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan


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AH 1272 (=1854 AD) dated antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg


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Antique Shirvan Kabistan prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. c1870

 

 

Shirvan Kabistan Prayer rug with yellow ground

 


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Victoria and Albert Museum antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, mid 19th century

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1281 (1864) dated antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 118x160cm. 19th century, Italy, private collection

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.
Christies Sale 4960, 12 September 2006, London, South Kensington

 


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Antique Kabistan Marasali prayer rug
with the light camel field with serrated lattice containing polychrome floral sprays

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, 4' 1" x 4' 9", 19th century, Azerbaijan.


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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. c1870


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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 116 x 174 cm. Italy, Private Collection, c1880-90


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Sotheby's Sale: W02872 | Location: London, Olympia, Auction Dates: Session 1: Wed, 16 Oct 02 2:00 A Marasali prayer rug, North East Caucasus, circa 1890


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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. c1890


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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg in a yellow ground, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. c1880

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Christie's Sale 5183 / Lot 49
A fine antique Marasali prayer rug, East Caucasus
Price Realized (Set Currency) £2,040 ($4,039)

 

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Enza Milanesi's "The Carpet", c1880

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 1870-80

 

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Antique Shirvan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.

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Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets - Sale 2582B - Lot 103
Marasali Prayer Rug, East Caucasus, c 1890, Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques and Fine Arts

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Carpets from the Estate of Vojtech Blau
Sothbey's Sale: N08291 | Location: New York
Auction Dates: Session 1: Thu, 14 Dec 06, dated 1333 (1914)

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 3'10 x 4'10, Claremont Rugs

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 3'10 x 4'10

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, late 19th century

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possibly dated 1311 (1893) or 1319 (1901)
Sotheby's Sale: N08258 | Location: New York
Auction Dates: Session 2: Thu, 14 Dec 06

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 4.60 x 5.10, F. Moheban Gallery


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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 3'-7" x 4'-9" (109 x 145 cm). Mark Spiegel

 

 

 


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Antique Shirvan Kabistan / Marasali prayer rug, 1870s, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Italy, Private Collection

 


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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. AH 1288 (1871 AD) dated, Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets - Sale 2436 - Lot 36, Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques and Fine Arts

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Antique Shirvan Kabistan prayer rug, Southern Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. AH 1290 dated (1873)

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AH 1292 (=1874 AD) dated antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan

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1295 dated (1878) antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 3'5"x5'3"

 

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AH 1295 (1879 AD) dated antique Shirvan or Derbend prayer rug

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AH 1299 (=1881/82 AD) dated antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.

 


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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 1302 (1884) dated


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1302 (1884) dated antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. published
Murray L Eiland Jr. & Murray Eiland III's "OrientalRugs A Complete Guide"


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AH 1302 (=1885 AD) dated antique Shirvan Marasali /Kabistan prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan


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1305 (1887) dated antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan, Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets - Sale 2522B - Lot 120, Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques and Fine Arts

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Antique Shirvan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. c1880

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, second half 19th century, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.

 

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. c1890
 

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. c1890


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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug, second half 19th century, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Rippon Boswell, 2004


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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. H. Manoyan Collection
 


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FINE SHIRVAN PRAYER RUG, Caucasus, c1880-90; Grogan & Company
Fine Art Auctioneers and Appraisers
 

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Shirvan prayer rug, Eastern Caucasus, West Coast of the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, circa 1880
 

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan
 

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 3.7 x 4.11, Fred Moheban Gallery. c.1870-80


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Sothebys: Arts of the Islamic World, including Fine Carpets and Textiles, London|24 Oct 2007

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.
Bonhams Sale 18255 - Fine Oriental Rugs and Carpets, 8 Jun 2010
San Francisco and Los Angeles

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This rug is dated 1309 A.H. (A.D. 1891/2)
Antique Shirvan Kabistan prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. published Ian Bennett's Oriental Rugs Volume I, plate 427

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug, c1900, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.


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Antique Derbend or Shirvan Kabistan prayer rug

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Schirwan Gebets teppich
mit schöner Bordüre
Kaukasus, late 19th century

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. New England Rug Society

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AH 1222 (=AD 1807) dated antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. possibly late 19th century (c1880)
 


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Antique Shirvan or Derbend namazlyg, Woolley & Wallis, late 19th century
 


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Antique Shirvan Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan, 1880s.
 


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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. c.1880, 135x155cm
 

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug, late 19th century, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.


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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug, late 19th century, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 118 x 158 cm. Italy, Private Collection


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A Shirvan prayer rug, Southern Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 114  x 122 cm, 3'9" x 4'0".  Second half 19th century, published Ralph Kaffel's Caucasian Prayer Rugs, plate 78

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Antique Shirvan Kabistan prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Luciano Coen Collection. second half of 19th century

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan

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SHIRVAN PRAYER RUG, east Caucasus, dated 1312 (=1894), Göteborgs Auktionsverk. Auctionsno:466, Item no:217122
Oriental rugs & textiles Oriental rugs

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. c1890

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. c1880

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Antique Derbend or Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug, late 19th c.


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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.
Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets - Sale 2582B - Lot 133, Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques and Fine Arts. c1880-90

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan

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Antique Shirvan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Vakiflar Museum, Ankara, 108 x 132 cm. c1890

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan

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A white-ground prayer rug with a hexagonal lattice design containing flowering shrubs. The red main border contains abstract birds stylised to `S? forms. c1880

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. c.1900

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AH 1319 (1901 AD) dated antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan


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1900s Shirvan Kabistan prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan

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1321 (1903 AD) dated antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 126 x 176 cm. Bukowskis Auktionen

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Antique Shirvan Kabistan prayer rug, 1900s, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. The State Museum of Azerbaijan Carpet and Applied Art

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AH 1323 (=1905 AD) dated antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Stockholms Auktionsverk

 


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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. early 20th century

 


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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 1321 (1903) dated

 

 

 

 


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1263 AH (=1848 AD) dated antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug, Azerbaijan

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1283 (1866) dated antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.

 

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 4.2 x 4.11, Fred Moheban Gallery. c 1870

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AH 1295 (=1877 AD) dated antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan or Derbend prayer rug, Major Spring Auction
Auction date: Saturday 23. May 2009 at 03 PM
Rippon Boswell & Co.
International Auctioneers of Rare Carpets & Textiles

 

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1294 (=1877) dated antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.

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Shirvan prayer rug, Eastern Caucasus, West Coast of the Caspian Sea, circa 1880

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. c 1880

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 3.4 x 5.4. Fred Moheban Gallery. c 1870-80

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Italy, Bersanetti Collection. c 1870-80


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1293 (=1879) dated antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan

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AH 1312 (=1894 AD) dated antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Italy, private collection.

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Antique Shirvan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Sotheby's Sale: N08258 | Location: New York, Auction Dates: Session 1: Thu, 14 Dec 06 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF M. ALLEN SWIFT. 1306 (1888) dated

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. c1880

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Antique Shirvan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan c1880

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. late 19th

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug
diamond lattice of dark blue serrated leaves enclosing flowering plants

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Antique Shirvan Kabistan prayer rug, 115x167cm, 1900s, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. published at Siyawouch Azadi "Azerbaijani Caucasian rugs", plate no: 77

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AH 1333 (1914 AD) dated antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.
Stockholms Auktionsverk, 2010

 

 

 

 


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1302=1884 dated antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets - Sale 2457 - Lot 66, Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques and Fine Arts

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Sale 2336 Lot 127
Shirvan Rug, East Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques and Fine Arts

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Antique Shirvan Kabistan carpet, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. The State Museum of Azerbaijan Carpet and Applied Art, 1900s

 

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A Shirvan rug with the diamond lattice of serrated blue leaves enclosing flowering plants adorns the white field, Late 19th century

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 4'3" x 6'8", late 19th century

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Shirvan, Caucasus, ca. 1910, overall very good condition. Size 136 x 105 cm

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Antique Shirvan Kabistan rug, Azerbaijan. USA, private collection

 

 

 

 



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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. published Luciano Coen "
 "The Oriental Rug".


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Antique Shirvan Kabistan rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.
published at Siyawouch Azadi "Azerbaijani Caucasian rugs, 1900s


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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan mihrab rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Bonhams, c1900



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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan rug, 4'9"x7'5", Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. first quarter 20th century


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Antique Shirvan Kabistan rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. The State Museum of Azerbaijan Carpet and Applied Art, 1900s


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Antique Shirvan Kabistan rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. The State Museum of Azerbaijan Carpet and Applied Art, c1900