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ANTIQUE SHIRVAN PRAYER RUGS

 



A rare Shirvan prayer rug, Three hunters/warriors astride horses. 19th century

 



A rare Shirvan Prayer rug with moghan motif, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 19th century



Antique Shirvan pictorial Prayer rug



Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Late 19th century. The Museum of Azerbaijan Carpets and Applied Art

Shirvan Saph carpet, dated 1292 (1875)
sold 39 000 USD

Shirvan saf rug, dated AH 1328/ 1911 AD

Antique Shirvan Saf Prayer rug, Gabala district, Azerbaijan. early 20th century.
 
Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 19th century. published Eberhart Herrmann, Kaukasische Teppichkuns. sold at Edelmann`s New York on 30 may 1981
 
A rare early 19th century Shirvan prayer kilim
   

Antique Shirvan Prayer kilim, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 19th century. Nagel Auktionen. 09.06.1988. Lot no: 4086
 
Antique Shirvan Prayer rug with Pashali/Lampali design. c 1875, 96 x 190 cm

Antique Shirvan Prayer kilim, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan
 
 

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 19th century. 4 x 4'10"

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug

An unusual Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 19th century. 135 x 206 cm
 

Shirvan prayer rug with numerous stylised animal and floral motifs below an arched mihrab

Sotheby's Antique Shirvan Prayer rug with camel and bird motives

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, "Caravan"

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan

A rare prayer rug from the Shirvan region, with large angular palmettes placed in offset rows

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug with a main 8 legged motif which is unusual for the central field

Antique Shirvan yellow latticed field prayer rug

An usual Shirvan Prayer rug

Shirvan prayer rug with an octagon-filled field

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug with rams horn motives

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 100x142 cm

Antique Shirvan or Baku Prayer rug with an unusual red field

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. early 20th century

a Shirvan prayer rug with hooked devices

Dated 1279 (1862) and Inscribed Kazim Ali and Majide, Within prayer arch blue ground with millefleur field
..

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.

AH 1233 (=1820 AD) dated Shirvan Prayer rug, Azerbaijan. Ralph Kaffel's Caucasian Prayer Rugs, plate 70. 123 x 142 cm

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. early to mid 19th century. Sotheby`s 30/10/1981. published 1985 Munich ICOC Catalogue Nr.46

AH1310 (=1892 AD) dated Shirvan namazlig (prayer rug) in a yellow ground. Private Collection

 

 

 

 


Antique Shirvan or Kuba Prayer rug, Azerbaijan. 19th century. published Oriental Rug Review june/july 1989, volume 9, no 5

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug in a dark blue ground, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. dated in hijri year

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.
Douglas Collection

AShirvan prayer rug with lattice deisgn, "Flowering shrubs".

AH 1312 (1894 AD) dated antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 5'3"x 3'0" (160x91cm).

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 19th century.

Early Shirvan prayer rug with
beautifully executed stylized tulips
design

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Rudnick  Collection.


Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Late 19th century.

Bonhams Sale 16159 - Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets, 17 Dec 2008
San Francisco and Los Angeles
A Shirvan rug

 

AH 1313 dated (=1895) Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 19th century. 3ft 9in x 11ft 3in, estimate 8000, Bonhams

Shirvan Prayer rug, 19th c., Orientteppiche Band 1 : KAUKASISCHE TEPPICHE by Doris Eder, plate 15

Rippon Boswell & Co.
International Auctioneers of Rare Carpets & Textiles, Rare & antique Carpets, Flat-weaves, Textiles, Shirvan carpet

Shirvan prayer rug with flowering shrubs design. 1870s

1333 (=1914) dated Shirvan prayer rug

Antique Shirvan prayer carpet

A Shirvan prayer rug with a yellow ground

Antique Shirvan prayer rug with a lattice design

Antique Shirvan prayer rug with a lattice design

 A rare Shirvan Prayer rug. 19th century.

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. published Caucasian Rugs, Ulrich Schurmann

AH 1274 (=1858) dated yellow Shirvan Marasali Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 92 x 120 cm. published Ralph Kaffel's Caucasian Prayer Rugs, plate 95

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. dated 1310 (=1892). 119 x 127 cm. published Ralph Kaffel's Caucasian Prayer Rugs, plate 83

A Shirvan prayer rug in a red latticed field

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. third quarter 19th century. 3'5" x 5

Shirvan prayer rug with a latticed
multicoloured 'x' forms
design

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 19th century. 92 x 124 cm. Turk ve Islam Eserleri Museum, inv. no 1629

Antique Shirvan prayer rug stylized figures of birds

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Late 19th century.

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 1314 dated.  102 x 114 cm. Turk ve Islam Eserleri Museum, inv. no 1577

Shirvan Prayer Rug, East Caucasus, dated "1839"

Shirvan Prayer rug, 19th century, private collection, published Enza Milanesi Il Tappeto: I Luoghi, L'arte, La Storia

Shirvan Caucasian Prayer carpet, Azerbaijan

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Rippon Boswell & Co. International Auctioneers of Rare Carpets & Textiles. 127 x 160 cm.

Shirvan prayer rug with a flower head lattice design

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 106x154cm. Late 19th century.

 

 

 


Antique Caucasian Shirvan "Akstafa" prayer rug, Southern Shirvan Region, Salyan (Saliani) District, Azerbaijan.

Antique Caucasian Shirvan "Akstafa" prayer rug, Southern Shirvan Region, Salyan (Saliani) District, Azerbaijan. 80 x 180 cm.

Antique Caucasian "Akstafa" prayer rug, Azerbaijan. second half 19th century

 


Antique Shirvan Prayer rug

A rare Shirvan prayer carpet

 

 

 


Antique Moghan / Shirvan prayer rug with octagons, 19th century, Azerbaijan, Nagel Auction 37T
06.11.2001, Lot 214
Category Rugs & Carpets, Size 161 x 105 cm

Antique Shirvan / Moghan prayer rug / namazlyg, 19th century, Azerbaijan. Published Ralph Kaffel " Caucasian Prayer Rugs", plate no: 37


Antique Shirvan / Moghan (Mughan) prayer rug (namazlyg), 19th century, Azerbaijan.

Sotheby's Sale: L03761 | Location: London
Auction Dates: Session 1: Wed, 15 Oct 2003
LOT 137 (of 85): A MOGHAN RUG, WEST CAUCASUS
circa 1900, 217 by 108cm., 7ft. 2in. by 3ft. 7in.

Skinner Auctioneers
Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets - Sale 2436 - Lot 64

 

 

 


Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. c 1865, 3'9"x5"4", 114 x 163 cm. published Ralph Kaffel's Early Caucasian Prayer rugs

 

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Late 19th century. 3'6"x 5, Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques and Fine Arts

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug. 19th century. 5'1"x 3'4" (155x102cm)

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 19th century. 91 x 157 cm.


 


Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 6'2"x 3'6" (188x107 cm).


 


Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 3'x6'

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 170x93 cm, Koller Auktionen S09

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 3'11"x5'9" (122x179cm). 19th century. Published Luciano Coen "Oriental Rugs"

The Shirvan prayer rug with
staggered lozenges
published Siyawush Azadi Azerbaijani Caucasian rugs

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 84 x 142 cm. early 20th century

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Late 19th century. 3'4"x4'9".  Bonhams Auctions, sold $3500

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 113 x 180 cm. 1322 dated (1904)

Christies Sale 7078
ORIENTAL RUGS AND CARPETS
Shirvan prayer carpet

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Late 19th century.

Rippon Boswell & Co.
International Auctioneers of Rare Carpets & Textiles, Schirwan Gebetsteppich

 

 

 


Antique Shirvan Prayer rug with diagonal
stripes, published Ralph Kaffel's Early Caucasian Prayer rugs

Published: Rippon Boswell 5/20/00, lot #65; Hali 112, p.149
4'3 x 3'9, 2nd half 19th century

published Ralph Kaffel's Caucasian Prayer rug, plate 40

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, South Shirvan Region

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, published "Ian Bennett’s Oriental Rugs Volume I". A related example dated 1280 (1863 dated) is illustrated by Peter Bausback in his Antike Orientteppiche

Rippon Boswell & Co.
International Auctioneers of Rare Carpets & Textiles, Shirvan prayer rug

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. mid 19th century.

CAUCASIAN PRAYER RUG, late 19th century
4 feet 2 inches x 3 feet 1 inch
Grogan and company

Shirvan prayer rug with its wide diagonal Genje stripes
     

 

 

 


A rare Shirvan prayer rug, Oriental Rugs & Carpets - 2619B.
Date / Time: November 10, 2012 12:30PM
Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques and Fine Arts

Marasali prayer rug,
Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques and Fine Arts

Shirvan prayer rug with Marasali boteh elements

Antique Shirvan Maraza / Marasali Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan, 100x150cm

A Caucasian Shirvan prayer rug, Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques and Fine Arts

Marasali prayer rug with striped field

A fine Shirvan Marasali rug with a vertically striped field
. sold $28 750

AH 1328 (1910) dated Shirvan Prayer rug, 3'0" x 5'3", Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan

Antique Shirvan prayer carpet in an ivory field filled with polychrome boteh motives

Antique Shirvan Marasali prayer rug
Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques and Fine Arts

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug in a yellow ground with polychrome botehs

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.
Douglas Collection

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Skinner Auctions, sold $7500

AH 1307 (1889 AD) dated antique Shirvan prayer rug, Azerbaijan, 107 x 125 cm (3'6"x4"1"), published Ralph Kaffel's Caucasian Prayer rug, plate 84

A Shirvan prayer rug with beautiful polychrome botehs


For similar examples, see Antique Akstafa / Salyan prayer rugs
 

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 1870s

Bonhams Shirvan prayer rug

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 1.45x0.61 m

 

 

 


Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 1233 dated (1818).

Antique Shirvan Marasali prayer rug, "Mosque" design, Azerbaijan. 179cm x 126cm. Bonhams, 28 Jan 2003-10024-Furniture, Carpets & Objects of Art


Antique Shirvan Marasali prayer rug, "Mosque" design, Azerbaijan. the State Museum of Azerbaijan Carpet and Appiled Art
 

 


Antique Shirvan Marasali prayer rug, "Mosque" design, Azerbaijan. 332cm x 156cm. 1900s, 28 Apr 2004-Antique & Decorative Rugs & Carpets, Bonhams

 


Antique Shirvan prayer rug with a "Transylvanian" Ottoman type of border, "Mosque" design, Azerbaijan. 210 x 135cm. Bonhams, 12 Oct 2004, 11506 New Bond Street

 


Antique Shirvan Marasali prayer rug, "Mosque" design, Azerbaijan. c. 1910. 107 x 164 cm. Nagel Auktionen, 2009



Antique Shirvan Marasali prayer rug, "Mosque" design, 1900s, Azerbaijan.



Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 107 x 175 cm, Van Ham Kunstauktionen.