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A KONYA RUG
CENTRAL ANATOLIA, 18TH CENTURY

Price Realized £7,500 ($12,038)

Sale Information
Christies SALE 7752 —
ORIENTAL AND EUROPEAN RUGS & CARPETS
8 October 2009
London, King Street


Lot Description
A KONYA RUG
CENTRAL ANATOLIA, 18TH CENTURY
Corroded brown, scattered spots of repiling, minute hole, selvages replaced, ends rewoven
6ft.4in. x 3ft.1in. (193cm. x 94cm.)

Provenance
Christopher Alexander collection, sold in these Rooms, 10 April 2008, lot 103.

For similarly drawn guls see H.Kirchheim, op.cit., p.199, no.123 and p.200, no.125; W.Brüggemann and H.Böhmer, Teppiche der Bauern und Nomaden in Anatolien, Hannover, 1980, p.140, no.8.