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Antique Kuba or Baku Sumakh rug, "Konagkend" design, Eastern Azerbaijan


A SOUMAC CARPET

EAST CAUCASUS, CIRCA 1900

Price Realized $5,378
 

Sale Information
Christie's Sale 1214
Fine European and Oriental carpets
19 June 2003
New York, Rockefeller Plaza

Lot Description
A SOUMAC CARPET
East Caucasus, Circa 1900
Having three royal blue medallions on the rich brick red stylized floral device field within the soft indigo hooked gul border
Approximately 9ft. 8in. x 7ft. 5in. (295cm. x 226cm.)