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Antique Konya rug, Central Anatolia, Turkey, 19th century.

Major Autumn Auction
Auction date: Saturday 05. December 2009
Rippon Boswell & Co. International Auctioneers of Rare Carpets & Textiles

Lot: 183
Yastik The field of this pile-woven cushion face shows three polygons composed of abstract animals on a dark red and a sea-green ground, divided by two horizontal bands. The white-ground border contains octagons filled with stars. – Reduced ends, various old repairs.
Origin: Central Anatolia, Konya region
Size: 80 x 50 cm
Age: Second half 19th century
Estimate: 2.600,00 ˆ