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ANTIQUE SHIRVAN PRAYER RUGS

A rare Shirvan prayer rug, Three hunters/warriors astride horses. 19th century	A rare Shirvan Prayer rug with moghan motif, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 19th century	Antique Shirvan pictorial Prayer rug	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Late 19th century. The Museum of Azerbaijan Carpets and Applied Art
Shirvan Saph carpet, dated 1292 (1875) sold 39 000 USD	Shirvan saf rug, dated AH 1328/ 1911 AD	Antique Shirvan Saf Prayer rug, Gabala district, Azerbaijan. early 20th century.
Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 19th century. published Eberhart Herrmann, Kaukasische Teppichkuns. sold at Edelmann`s New York on 30 may 1981	A rare early 19th century Shirvan prayer kilim
Antique Shirvan Prayer kilim, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 19th century. Nagel Auktionen. 09.06.1988. Lot no: 4086	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug with Pashali/Lampali design. c 1875, 96 x 190 cm	Antique Shirvan Prayer kilim, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan
Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 19th century. 4 x 4'10"	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug	An unusual Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 19th century. 135 x 206 cm
Shirvan prayer rug with numerous stylised animal and floral motifs below an arched mihrab	Sotheby's Antique Shirvan Prayer rug with camel and bird motives	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, "Caravan"	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan
A rare prayer rug from the Shirvan region, with large angular palmettes placed in offset rows	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug with a main 8 legged motif which is unusual for the central field	Antique Shirvan yellow latticed field prayer rug	An usual Shirvan Prayer rug
Shirvan prayer rug with an octagon-filled field	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug with rams horn motives	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 100x142 cm	Antique Shirvan or Baku Prayer rug with an unusual red field
Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. early 20th century	a Shirvan prayer rug with hooked devices	Dated 1279 (1862) and Inscribed Kazim Ali and Majide, Within prayer arch blue ground with millefleur field..	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.
AH 1233 (=1820 AD) dated Shirvan Prayer rug, Azerbaijan. Ralph Kaffel's Caucasian Prayer Rugs, plate 70. 123 x 142 cm	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. early to mid 19th century. Sotheby`s 30/10/1981. published 1985 Munich ICOC Catalogue Nr.46
AH1310 (=1892 AD) dated Shirvan namazlig (prayer rug) in a yellow ground. Private Collection

Antique Shirvan or Kuba Prayer rug, Azerbaijan. 19th century. published Oriental Rug Review june/july 1989, volume 9, no 5	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug in a dark blue ground, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. dated in hijri year	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Douglas Collection	AShirvan prayer rug with lattice deisgn, "Flowering shrubs".
AH 1312 (1894 AD) dated antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 5'3"x 3'0" (160x91cm).	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 19th century.	Early Shirvan prayer rug with beautifully executed stylized tulips design
Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Rudnick Collection.	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Late 19th century.	Bonhams Sale 16159 - Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets, 17 Dec 2008 San Francisco and Los Angeles A Shirvan rug	AH 1313 dated (=1895) Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.
Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 19th century. 3ft 9in x 11ft 3in, estimate 8000, Bonhams		Shirvan Prayer rug, 19th c., Orientteppiche Band 1 : KAUKASISCHE TEPPICHE by Doris Eder, plate 15	Rippon Boswell & Co. International Auctioneers of Rare Carpets & Textiles, Rare & antique Carpets, Flat-weaves, Textiles, Shirvan carpet
Shirvan prayer rug with flowering shrubs design. 1870s	1333 (=1914) dated Shirvan prayer rug	Antique Shirvan prayer carpet	A Shirvan prayer rug with a yellow ground
Antique Shirvan prayer rug with a lattice design	Antique Shirvan prayer rug with a lattice design	A rare Shirvan Prayer rug. 19th century.	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. published Caucasian Rugs, Ulrich Schurmann
AH 1274 (=1858) dated yellow Shirvan Marasali Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 92 x 120 cm. published Ralph Kaffel's Caucasian Prayer Rugs, plate 95	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. dated 1310 (=1892). 119 x 127 cm. published Ralph Kaffel's Caucasian Prayer Rugs, plate 83	A Shirvan prayer rug in a red latticed field	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. third quarter 19th century. 3'5" x 5
Shirvan prayer rug with a latticed multicoloured 'x' forms design	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 19th century. 92 x 124 cm. Turk ve Islam Eserleri Museum, inv. no 1629	Antique Shirvan prayer rug stylized figures of birds
Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Late 19th century.	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 1314 dated. 102 x 114 cm. Turk ve Islam Eserleri Museum, inv. no 1577	Shirvan Prayer Rug, East Caucasus, dated "1839"	Shirvan Prayer rug, 19th century, private collection, published Enza Milanesi Il Tappeto: I Luoghi, L'arte, La Storia
Shirvan Caucasian Prayer carpet, Azerbaijan	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Rippon Boswell & Co. International Auctioneers of Rare Carpets & Textiles. 127 x 160 cm.	Shirvan prayer rug with a flower head lattice design	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 106x154cm. Late 19th century.

Antique Caucasian Shirvan "Akstafa" prayer rug, Southern Shirvan Region, Salyan (Saliani) District, Azerbaijan.	Antique Caucasian Shirvan "Akstafa" prayer rug, Southern Shirvan Region, Salyan (Saliani) District, Azerbaijan. 80 x 180 cm.	Antique Caucasian "Akstafa" prayer rug, Azerbaijan. second half 19th century	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug
A rare Shirvan prayer carpet


Antique Moghan / Shirvan prayer rug with octagons, 19th century, Azerbaijan, Nagel Auction 37T 06.11.2001, Lot 214 Category Rugs & Carpets, Size 161 x 105 cm	Antique Shirvan / Moghan prayer rug / namazlyg, 19th century, Azerbaijan. Published Ralph Kaffel " Caucasian Prayer Rugs", plate no: 37	Antique Shirvan / Moghan (Mughan) prayer rug (namazlyg), 19th century, Azerbaijan.	Sotheby's Sale: L03761 \| Location: London Auction Dates: Session 1: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 LOT 137 (of 85): A MOGHAN RUG, WEST CAUCASUS circa 1900, 217 by 108cm., 7ft. 2in. by 3ft. 7in.
Skinner Auctioneers Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets - Sale 2436 - Lot 64

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. c 1865, 3'9"x5"4", 114 x 163 cm. published Ralph Kaffel's Early Caucasian Prayer rugs	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Late 19th century. 3'6"x 5, Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques and Fine Arts	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug. 19th century. 5'1"x 3'4" (155x102cm)	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 19th century. 91 x 157 cm.
Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 6'2"x 3'6" (188x107 cm).	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 3'x6'	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 170x93 cm, Koller Auktionen S09	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 3'11"x5'9" (122x179cm). 19th century. Published Luciano Coen "Oriental Rugs"
The Shirvan prayer rug with staggered lozenges published Siyawush Azadi Azerbaijani Caucasian rugs	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 84 x 142 cm. early 20th century	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Late 19th century. 3'4"x4'9". Bonhams Auctions, sold $3500	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan
Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 113 x 180 cm. 1322 dated (1904)	Christies Sale 7078 ORIENTAL RUGS AND CARPETS Shirvan prayer carpet	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Late 19th century.	Rippon Boswell & Co. International Auctioneers of Rare Carpets & Textiles, Schirwan Gebetsteppich

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug with diagonal stripes, published Ralph Kaffel's Early Caucasian Prayer rugs	Published: Rippon Boswell 5/20/00, lot #65; Hali 112, p.149 4'3 x 3'9, 2nd half 19th century	published Ralph Kaffel's Caucasian Prayer rug, plate 40	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, South Shirvan Region
Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, published "Ian Bennett’s Oriental Rugs Volume I". A related example dated 1280 (1863 dated) is illustrated by Peter Bausback in his Antike Orientteppiche	Rippon Boswell & Co. International Auctioneers of Rare Carpets & Textiles, Shirvan prayer rug	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. mid 19th century.	CAUCASIAN PRAYER RUG, late 19th century 4 feet 2 inches x 3 feet 1 inch Grogan and company
Shirvan prayer rug with its wide diagonal Genje stripes

A rare Shirvan prayer rug, Oriental Rugs & Carpets - 2619B. Date / Time: November 10, 2012 12:30PM Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques and Fine Arts	Marasali prayer rug, Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques and Fine Arts	Shirvan prayer rug with Marasali boteh elements
Antique Shirvan Maraza / Marasali Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan, 100x150cm	A Caucasian Shirvan prayer rug, Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques and Fine Arts	Marasali prayer rug with striped field	A fine Shirvan Marasali rug with a vertically striped field. sold $28 750
AH 1328 (1910) dated Shirvan Prayer rug, 3'0" x 5'3", Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan	Antique Shirvan prayer carpet in an ivory field filled with polychrome boteh motives	Antique Shirvan Marasali prayer rug Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques and Fine Arts	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan.
Antique Shirvan Prayer rug in a yellow ground with polychrome botehs	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Douglas Collection	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Skinner Auctions, sold $7500	AH 1307 (1889 AD) dated antique Shirvan prayer rug, Azerbaijan, 107 x 125 cm (3'6"x4"1"), published Ralph Kaffel's Caucasian Prayer rug, plate 84
A Shirvan prayer rug with beautiful polychrome botehs For similar examples, see Antique Akstafa / Salyan prayer rugs	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 1870s	Bonhams Shirvan prayer rug	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 1.45x0.61 m

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 1233 dated (1818).	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.	Antique Shirvan Prayer rug, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. 107 x 175 cm, Van Ham Kunstauktionen.