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AN AKSTAFA LONG RUG
EAST CAUCASUS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Price Realized $13,200
Sale Information
Christie's Sale 1586
FINE EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL CARPETS
14 December 2005
New York, Rockefeller Plaza
Lot Description
64 - AN AKSTAFA LONG RUG
East Caucasus, Third Quarter 19th Century
Approximately 10ft. 2in. x 4ft. (310 x 122cm.)
Lot Notes
As noted by Ian Bennett in Oriental Rugs, Volume I, Caucasian, Austria,
1981, p. 176-177, the series of paired birds in the present lot have more
realistic features as their fan-tails are shorter and they have well defined
legs. This archaic drawing indicates an earlier date. A similar example with
matching ivory border and exceptional colour variety was sold Christie's,
London, 13 October 2005, lot 37.
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