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Rippon Boswell early Karachop / Karachov rug, the Orient Stars Collection

Karachov Kazak
Central Caucasus, first half 19th century
170 x 216cm (5ft 7in x 7ft 1in)
Rippon Boswell, Wiesbaden
lot 8
estimate: DM 100,000
sold for: DM 101,480

2 October 1999