AH 1261/1845 AD Antique Derbend Prayer rug

Sale Information
Christie's Sale 7039
oriental rugs and carpets
28 April 2005
London, King Street
 

Price Realized Ј4,800 ($9,125)

Lot Description
A DAGHESTAN RUG
NORTH EAST CAUCASUS, POSSIBLY DATED AH 1261/1845 AD
The soft sandy yellow field with an overall design of angular linked flowerheads and palmettes issuing angular leaves, in an ivory polychrome crab-rosette border between diagonal stripes and chequerboard minor stripes, areas of wear and corrosion, localised repiling in the black, minute cobbled repairs
5ft.2in. x 3ft.3in. (157cm. x 99cm.)