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ANTIQUE CAUCASIAN AZERBAIJANI  ALPAN RUGS AND CARPETS

ANTIQUE KUBA ALPAN RUGS WITH CRAB MOTIF

Note: below shown antique rugs were woven in Alpan, Zeykhur and neighboring villages, as well as other weaving spots of North East Azerbaijan

click to enlarge Antique Kuba rug with Alpan Crab design, late 19th century,  North East Azerbaijan, LOT 316 Sotheby's Sale: N07820 | Location: New York Auction Dates: Session 1: Tue, 01 Oct 02 2:00 PM	click to enlarge Lot: 165, Seichur Dieser gelbgrundige Seichur mit einem Feldmuster, Herkunft: Ostkaukasus, Region Kuba, 295 x 169 cm, alter: 2. H. 19. Jh. , Schätzpreis: 16000 €, Rippon Boswell Auktionstermin: Samstag 29. November 2008	click to enlarge A fine antique Kuba rug with Alpan Crab design, mid 19th century,  Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan.	click to enlarge Mid 19th century Kuba Alpan "crab" rug, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. Mark Keshishian Collection. 2'2" x 3'
click to enlarge ALPAN KUBA RUG, circa 1880; 5 feet 4 inches x 3 feet 5 inches, Sale 117 Lot 621 Grogan and Company	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan "crab"  rug, second half 19th century,  Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, George Manger Collection	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan "crab" rug, late 19th century,  Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, late 19th century Ian Bennett's Oriental Rugs Volume I, Plate 396	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan "crab" rug, early 20th century,  Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 200 x 130 cm, Ian Bennett's Oriental Rugs Volume I, Plate 398
click to enlarge A SEYCHOUR RUG, East Caucasus, Circa 1875 6 ft. x 3 ft. 8 in. (183 x 112 cm.) Christie's RUGS AND CARPETS, New York, Rockefeller Plaza, Jun 23, 2006, Lot Number 68, Sale Number 1682	click to enlarge AH 1312 (1895 AD) dated Kuba Alpan prayer rug, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 71 x 119 cm, 2'4" x 3'11". Published at Ralph Kaffel's Caucasian Prayer Rugs, plate no: 54	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan "crab" rug, late 19th century, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 6'8" x 4'11" [m. 2.05 X 1.25], published at Luciano Coen & Louise Duncan's The Oriental Rug	click to enlarge TAPIS SEYCHOUR EST DU CAUCASE, FIN DU XIXEME SIECLE Christies Sale 5561, Intérieurs 28 - 30 April 2009, Paris
click to enlarge Alpan Kuba Long Rug, Northeast Caucasus, second half 19th century, 9 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft. 10 in. Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art, Sale 2347 Lot 119	click to enlarge Seichour Long Rug, Northeast Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, 9 ft. 4 in. x 4 ft. Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art, Sale 2276 Lot 128	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan "crab"  long rug, late 19th century,  Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan	click to enlarge Seichour Long Rug, Northeast Caucasus, second half 19th century, 7 ft. 10 in Sale 2304 Lot 172. Oct 08 2005, Boston, Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art
click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan "crab" rug, last quarter 19th century,  Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 144 x 121 cm.	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan "crab" rug, last quarter 19th century, 4'6"x3'4" / 137x102cm,  Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan rug, 1930s, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan rug, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 4' 9" x 9' 7"
click to enlarge A fine antique Kuba Alpan "crab" rug, third quarter 19th century,  Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan

ANTIQUE KUBA ALPAN RUGS WITH ROSE MOTIF

click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan rug, 1900s, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 4'5" x 3'4"	click to enlarge Lot: 51, Zeikhur, East Caucasus, Kuba region 195 x 118 cm, Late 19th century, Rippon Boswell, Major Autumn Auction, 05. December 2009	click to enlarge LOT 67: A SEYCHOUR RUG, NORTHEAST CAUCASUS, 4ft. 9in. by 3ft. 3in. (1.45 by 0.99m.), circa 1900, Sotheby's Sale: N07807 | Location: New York	click to enlarge Antique Kuba rug, last quarter 19th century, possibly Alpan or one of the surrounding villages, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan.
click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan Rose rug, last quarter 19th century, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan.	click to enlarge LOT 47: A SEYCHOUR RUG, NORTHEAST CAUCASUS, 15,000—20,000 USD, third quarter 19th century Sotheby's Sale: N07773 | Location: New York Auction Dates: Session 1: Wed, 10 Apr 02	click to enlarge Lot 182: Seichour Rug, Northeast Caucasus, second half 19th century, 5 ft. 2 in. x 2 ft. 11 in. Provenance: Property of the estate of Milton H. Crouch, Burlington, Vermont. Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets - Sale 2486 - Lot 182 Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art	click to enlarge Sotheby's Sale: W02872 | Location: London, Olympia Auction Dates: Session 1: Wed, 16 Oct 02 2:00 PM LOT 21 (of 102), Property of Various Owners A Seychour rug, North East Caucasus, circa 1880
click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan rug, 2nd half 19th century, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 158 x 109 cm	click to enlarge Kuba Long Rug, Northeast Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, 9 ft. by 3 ft. 4 in. Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art, Sale 2216 Lot 95	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan runner, last quarter 19th century, Alpan village, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. The State Museum of Azerbaijan Carpet and Applied Art	click to enlarge Seichour Long Rug, Northeast Caucasus, second half 19th century, 8 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 5 in. Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art, Sale 2336 Lot 122
click to enlarge Antique Kuba rug, last quarter 19th century, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan	click to enlarge Antique Kuba rug, possibly Alpan or one of the surrounding villages, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 94 x 152 cm.	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan rug, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 14 Oct 2003, Oriental and European Carpets and Rugs, Bonhams. 126 x 185 cm.	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan rug, second half 19th century, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 3'8" X 4'9"
click to enlarge Kuba Long Rug, Northeast Caucasus, late 19th century, 9 ft. x 4 ft. 7 in. Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art, Sale 2276 Lot 200	click to enlarge Seichour Rug, Northeast Caucasus, late 19th century, 4 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft. 3 in. Lot 1258 in Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets, May 14th, 2005, Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan rug, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 3' 2" x 4' 10"	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Prayer rug, possibly Alpan or one of the surrounding villages, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 3’5 x 2’7. Dated 1303 AH = 1885/86 AD, Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art. December 6, 1997, #1; Hali 97, p. 135
click to enlarge LOT 9: A SEYCHOUR RUG, NORTHEAST CAUCASUS, 3ft. 1in. by 2ft. 3in. (0.94 by 0.69m.), circa 1875, Provenance Sotheby's New York, April 21, 1994, lot 49. Sotheby's Sale: N07852 | Location: New York, 03 Dec 02	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan rug, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan	click to enlarge Seichour Mat, Northeast Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, 2 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art, Sale 2362 Lot 127	click to enlarge Antique Kuba rug, third quarter 19th century, possibly Alpan or one of the surrounding villages, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 2' 9" x 3' 10".
click to enlarge Carpets from the Estate of Vojtech Blau Sotheby's Sale: N08291 | Location: New York LOT 47: A SEYCHOUR RUG, approximately 5ft. 8in. by 3ft. 3in. (1.73 by 0.99m.) late 19th century	click to enlarge LOT 14: A SEYCHOUR RUG, NORTHEAST CAUCASUS 5ft. 3in. by 3ft. 5in. (1.60 by 1.04m.) last quarter 19th century Sotheby's Sale: N07919 | Location: New York	click to enlarge Lot 126: Seichour Rug, Northeast Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, 5 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 6 in. Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets - Sale 2457 - Lot 126 Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art	click to enlarge Alpan Kuba rug, second half 19th century, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 3' 3" x 4' 10"
click to enlarge Antique Kuba rug, late 19th century, possibly Alpan or one of the surrounding villages, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. published at Ian Bennett's Oriental Rugs Volume I plate no: 386	click to enlarge Lot: 233: A Zeikhur with a carnation design in pastel shades on a sea green field, 142 x 119 cm, Late 19th century, Rippon Boswell, Saturday 23. May 2009	click to enlarge Lot 184: Seichour Rug, Northeast Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, 4 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 10 in. Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets - Sale 2486 - Lot 184, Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art

ANTIQUE KUBA ALPAN RUGS WITH VASE MOTIF

click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan "Vase" rug, late 19th century, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 0.97 x 1.6 mt	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan "Vase" rug, late 19th century, Alpan village, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 101x157 cm.	click to enlarge LOT 46: PROPERTY FROM THE CHATEAU DE GOURDON COLLECTION, AN ALPAN KUBA LONG RUG, EAST CAUCASUS, 345 by 130cm., 11ft. 4in. by 4ft. 3in., circa 1880, Sotheby's Sale: L04760 | Location: London	click to enlarge 1311 AH / 1893 AD dated Kuba Alpan "Vase" rug, Alpan village, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 5'8" X 3'7" [m. 1.75 X 1.12] Luciano Coen & Louise Duncan's The Oriental Rug
click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan "Vase" rug, late 19th century, Alpan village, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan "Vase" rug, 1880s, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 4'.11"x3'.6" (150x107cm)	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan or Zeykhur rug, late 19th century, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan	click to enlarge Seichour Rug, Northeast Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, 6 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 2 in. Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art, Sale 2276 Lot 51
click to enlarge Lot 34: Seichour Rug, Northeast Caucasus, late 19th century, 5 ft. 9 in. x 4 ft. 2 in. Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets - Sale 2405 - Lot 34 Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan "Vase" rug, late 19th century, Alpan village, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, Sale 2362 Lot 259, 4 ft. 9 in. x 3 ft. 3 in. Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art	click to enlarge Kuba Rug, Northeast Caucasus, late 19th century, 4 ft. 9 in. x 3 ft. 3 in. Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art, Sale 2362 Lot 259	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan "Vase" rug, late 19th century, Alpan village, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 3'8" x 9'5"
click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan "Vase" rug, early 20th century, Seychour or Alpan village, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan.	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan "Vase" rug, last quarter 19th century, Alpan village, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 122 x 201 cm	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan "vase" rug, late 19th century, Alpan village, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 5'2"x3'2". Fine Oriental Carpets & Rug Auction, Apr 22, 2006, Grogan and Company	click to enlarge Antique Kuba rug, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, late 19th century

ANTIQUE KUBA ALPAN RUGS WITH RAYED MEDALLIONS

click to enlarge Antique Kuba "Bird" rug, late 19th century, possibly Alpan or one of the surrounding villages, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 118 x 306 cm.	click to enlarge KUBA SEJSHOUR, 8'9" X 4'4" [m. 2.72 X 1.35] published at Luciano Coen & Louise Duncan's The Oriental Rug, plate 53	click to enlarge Lot 34: Seichur Flor mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren. 317 x 106 cm, 2. H. 19. Jh. Rippon Boswell Auktionstermin: Samstag 29. November 2008	click to enlarge LOT 58: A SEYCHOUR RUNNER, NORTHEAST CAUCASUS, third quarter 19th century, Carpets from the Estate of Vojtech Blau, Sotheby's Sale: N08291 | Location: New York
click to enlarge Antique Kuba "Bird" rug, late 19th or early 20th century, possibly Alpan or one of the surrounding villages, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan Sale 5903, Christie's Interiors, 19 May 2009 London, South Kensington	click to enlarge Antique Kuba "Bird" rug, late 19th century, possibly Alpan or one of the surrounding villages, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 20 Dec 2005 Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets, Bonhams, 6ft x 3ft 4in, $ 3000	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan rug, 1900s, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan	click to enlarge Antique Kuba "Bird" rug, late 19th century, possibly Alpan or one of the surrounding villages, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, Christie's Sale 5781 European furniture, Works of art, Tapestries and Carpets, 22 November 2005, London, South Kensington
click to enlarge KUBA SEJSHOUR 19th century, 4'4" x 2'9" [m. 1.35 x 0.85} published at Luciano Coen & Louise Duncan's The Oriental Rug, plate 58	click to enlarge Antique Kuba "Bird" rug, late 19th century, possibly Alpan or one of the surrounding villages, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan.	click to enlarge Antique Kuba "Bird" rug, late 19th century, possibly Alpan or one of the surrounding villages, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, published at Ian Bennett's Oriental Rugs Volume I plate 391	click to enlarge A Fine antique Kuba "Bird" rug, second half 19th century, possibly Alpan or one of the surrounding villages, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 160 x 101 cm.

ANTIQUE KUBA ALPAN RUGS WITH VARIOUS DESIGNS

click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan rug, 1880's, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan.	click to enlarge Antique Kuba rug, 19th century, Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 310 x 163 cm	click to enlarge Antique Kuba rug, late 19th century, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, Christie's Sale 7219, Oriental Rugs and Carpets, 6 April 2006, London, King Street, 4ft.2in. x 3ft. (127cm. x 92cm.)	click to enlarge Antique Kuba rug, last quarter 19th century, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 127x152 cm.
click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan rug, late 19th century, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan rug, late 19th century, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan Christie's Sale 2060, Oriental Rugs and Carpets 8 December 2008, New York, Rockefeller Plaza 5 ft. 9 in. x 3 ft. 4 in. (175 cm. x 102 cm.)	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan rug, 1890's, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan.	click to enlarge A rare antique Kuba rug, second half 19th century, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan
click to enlarge Seichour Long Rug, Northeast Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, 9 ft. 4 in. x 4 ft. Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets - Sale 2405 - Lot 135, Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art	click to enlarge Seichour Long Rug, Northeast Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, (minor even wear to center), 8 ft. 3 in. x 4 ft. Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets - Sale 2405 - Lot 65, Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art	click to enlarge Antique Kuba long rug, second half 19th century, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan 6'5" x 4'5" [m. 1.96 X 1.36], published at Luciano Coen & Louise Duncan's The Oriental Rug, plate 55	click to enlarge Seichour Long Rug, Northeast Caucasus, second half 19th century, 11 ft. 2 in. x 5 ft. 5 in. Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art, Sale 2347 Lot 10
click to enlarge Kuba Rug, Northeast Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, 3 ft. 10 in. x 2 ft. 7 in. Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art, Sale 2276 Lot 105	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan rug, last quarter 19th century, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 124x188 cm	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan rug, early 20th century, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan.

ANTIQUE KUBA ALPAN RUGS WITH STYLIZED FLORAL LATTICE FIELD

click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan rug, early 20th century, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 106 x 124 cm (3'6'' x 4'11'').	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan rug, late 19th century, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 280cm x 87cm / 9'2" x 2'10"	click to enlarge A KUBA RUNNER, EAST CAUCASUS, CIRCA 1870 Christie's Sale 1448, European and Oriental carpets 15 December 2004, New York, Rockefeller Plaza	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan rug, late 19th century, Northern Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 3'5'' x 9'10''(1.04mx 2.99m)
click to enlarge Kuba Rug, Northeast Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, 4 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft. 4 in. Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art, Sale 2362 Lot 222	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan rug, late 19th century, Hillside Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 3'3"x5'9"	click to enlarge Antique Kuba Alpan rug, late 19th century,  Kuba Region, 90 x 125 cm, North East Azerbaijan.	click to enlarge KUBA SEJSHOUR 19th century, 4'9" X 3'5" (m. 1.47 x 1.06)