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ANTIQUE SHIRVAN PICTORIAL RUGS

 


Antique Shirvan Pictorial rug, Azerbaijan. mid 19th century. Private collection, Italy (David Sorgato)


A rare Shirvan prayer rug, Three hunters/warriors astride horses. 19th century


Antique Shirvan pictorial Prayer rug


Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, "Caravan"


Antique Shirvan Pictorial rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 19th century. 127 x 132 cm, published Peter Bausback "Alte und antike orientalische Knüpfkunst", Mannheim 1982

Antique Shirvan Pictorial rug, Ovchulug / Hunter,  Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 1920s. 4'3"x5'6". Nazmiyal Collection.

Antique Shirvan Pictorial rug, Ovçuluq/Hunting scene, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 1927 dated.

Antique Shirvan Pictorial rug, "Ovchulug" (Ovçuluq) / "A Hunter", Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 1910-1920. The State Museum of Azerbaijan Carpet and Applied Art

Antique Shirvan Pictorial rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. dated 1257 (=1841), 114x146cm, warps: wool, wefts: wool two shots, 2450 knots per dm2, 154 / kpsi. published Luciano Coen Oriental Rugs


Antique Shirvan Pictorial rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. "Czar Nicholas
"


Antique Shirvan Pictorial rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 130 x 139 cm. David Sorgato

Antique Shirvan Pictorial Wedding rug

Antique Shirvan Pictorial rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Late 19th century. 120 x 97 cm.  Van Ham - Kunstauktionen, 2009

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Antique Shirvan Marasali Pictorial Prayer rug, Azerbaijan, 19th century.


Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques and Fine Arts. Marasali Pictorial Rug, East Caucasus, dated 1883

Antique Shirvan Pictorial rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 16.11.1991, Rippon Boswell Auktionen

Antique Shirvan Pictorial rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Late 19th century. "Russian Czar III Alexander and his wife Maria Fyodorovna".  125 x 150 cm

Antique Shirvan Pictorial rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Late 19th century. "Russian Czar III Alexander and his wife Maria Fyodorovna". private collection.

Antique Shirvan Pictorial rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Late 19th century. Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques and Fine Arts,
November 10, 2012.  "Russian Czar III Alexander and his wife Maria Fyodorovna"

A PICTORIAL SHIRVAN RUG
EAST CAUCASUS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Depicting Tsar Nicolas II and members of the Russia Royal family

Shirvan pictorial rug, bearing an Islamic signature and date, depicting Jesus Christ and Mother Mary

Antique Shirvan Pictorial rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 

Antique Shirvan Pictorial rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. "Rustam kills the White Div". A scene from Shahnameh.

Antique Shirvan Pictorial rug, Shirvan Region, Shemakha (Shamakhi) district, 19th century. Azerbaijan.

A Shirvan Pictorial "Hunting" rug, 1948. The State Museum of Azerbaijan Carpets and Applied Art

SHIRVAN PICTORIAL INSCRIPTION RUG, Causasus, circa 1900; Grogan & Company, Fine Art Auctioneers and Appraisers

Shirvan Pictorial rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 1928. The State Museum of Azerbaijan Carpets and Applied Art

Antique Shirvan Pictorial rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan, 1882.

Antique Shirvan Pictorial rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Late 19th century. private collection

Antique Shirvan Pictorial rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 19th century.

Antique Shirvan Pictorial rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Late 19th century. private collection

Shirvan pictorial rug, circa late 19th century
provenance: Sold by order of the Trustees of the Philadelphia Museum of Art to benefit acquisition funds

Shirvan Pictorial rug, early 20th century, Azerbaijan

Carpets from the Estate of Vojtech Blau
Sotheby's Sale: N08291 | Location: New York
Shirvan Pictorial rug

Antique Shirvan Pictorial rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. AH 1287 (=1870 AD) dated. Nagel Auktionen, 54 t. The inscription on the rug is in Arabic and the date is AH 1287

Antique Shirvan Pictorial rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan

 

 

 


Antique Shirvan Marasali prayer rug, "Mosque" design, 1900s. Azerbaijan.

Antique Shirvan Marasali prayer rug, "Mosque" design, Azerbaijan. 179cm x 126cm. Bonhams, 28 Jan 2003-10024-Furniture, Carpets & Objects of Art

Antique Shirvan Marasali prayer rug, "Mosque" design, Azerbaijan. the State Museum of Azerbaijan Carpet and Appiled Art

Antique Shirvan Marasali prayer rug, "Mosque" design, Azerbaijan. 332cm x 156cm. 1900s, 28 Apr 2004-Antique & Decorative Rugs & Carpets, Bonhams

Antique Shirvan prayer rug with a "Transylvanian" Ottoman type of border, "Mosque" design, Azerbaijan. 210 x 135cm. Bonhams, 12 Oct 2004, 11506 New Bond Street

Antique Shirvan Marasali prayer rug, "Mosque" design, Azerbaijan. c. 1910. 107 x 164 cm. Nagel Auktionen, 2009

Antique Shirvan Marasali prayer rug, "Mosque" design, 1900s, Azerbaijan.