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Ottoman Cairene Carpet

J. Taylor's note: Small Saz-forms as allover-Quatrefoils feature on a three-medallion carpet auctioned at Sothebys New York on 3 December 1988 for $93,500.It went unsold some years later at Christies London, on 19 April 1993,after reaching a miserly ￡22,000


Image and information courtesy: John Taylor, rugtracker.com