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Sotheby's Rugs & Carpets
London | 28 Apr 2004, 02:30 PM | L04760
LOT
45
PROPERTY FROM THE CHATEAU DE GOURDON COLLECTION
A KAZAK FACHRALO
RUG, SOUTHWEST CAUCASUS
illegibly inscribed; dated 1288 (1871AD)
321
by 164cm., 10ft. 6in. by 5ft. 4in.
circa 1871
ESTIMATE 25,000-35,000 GBP
Lot Sold: 57,600 GBP
CATALOGUE NOTE
For related three medallion, green ground Fachralo
Kazak rugs please see Sotheby's New York, October 31, 1980, lot
231
(dated 1312/1894); Sotheby's London, 24 April 1991, lot 26 (dated
1268/1851); and Sotheby's New York, May 1,
1982, lot 61, sold again at
Rippon Boswell, Wiesbaden, 13 November 1993, lot 109. There are several
rugs of similar
design with one or two medallions on either a blue,
green or red field. The borders on these rugs most often have a
slant-leaf and chalice design, with a few examples sharing the "bug
palmette" pattern of the present rug; the Sotheby's
1982 and Rippon
Boswell example cited, as well as a 2 medallion rug sold Sotheby's New
York, February 16, 2000,
lot 28. In this lot, the palmette is the only
major border while in the related examples, it is one of two or three
major
borders. The lot offered here also includes the red boxes
enclosing stylized dragon motifs found on a few other green
ground
Fachralo rugs such as the single medallion rug sold recently at Christie's
London, 1 May 2003, lot 17; the
Battilossi Fachralo rug, Christie's
London, 11 February 1998, lot 53; and the 1980 Sotheby's New York lot
previously
mentioned. In design format, drawing and coloring, as well
as placement of rosettes across the field, this rug is most
similar to
the Battilossi rug.
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