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Christie's (London)
Rugs and Carpets - Battilossi Tappeti d'Antiquariato
Wednesday, 11 February, 1998
Lot 75
A KARATCHOPF KAZAK RUG
SOUTH CAUCASUS, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
The shaded indigo field scattered with small rosettes together with hooked
rectangular panels containing hooked lozenges, hooked vine or stellar
flowerheads flanking a large central rectangular panel with chequered
corners enclosing a large ivory octagonal panel with hooked motifs flanking
a central shaded tomato-red and sandy yellow octagonal panel with further
hooked motifs, smaller octagonal panels above and below, in a sandy yellow
border of serrated leaves linking hooked floral motifs and stylised
anthropomorphic figures between reciprocal skittle pattern stripes, outer
minor plain and barber-pole stripes, corroded black, localised repair and
repiling, minor end guard stripes rewoven, one selvage rebound, the other
with repairs, small stains in field 6ft.11in. x 5ft.4in. (211cm. x 163cm.)
A very similar rug is in a private collection in Austria Antique Oriental
Carpets from Austrian Collections, Vienna, 1986, no.43). Both have the
extremely rare blue field colour coupled with a yellow border. Both also
include the variation within the border design between the hooked bars at
the sides and the anthropomorphic forms at each end.
Est.: Ј15,000-20,000, US$25,000-33,000
Sold for Ј17,250
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