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Christie's (London)
Rugs and Carpets -- Battilossi Tappeti d'Antiquariato
Wednesday, 11 February, 1998
Lot 42
A MARASALI LONG RUG
NORTH EAST CAUCASUS, CIRCA 1860
The indigo field scattered with small floral motifs around fifteen rows of
six serrated boteh, each containing a differently coloured arrangement of
lozenges, in a maple arrowhead reciprocal indigo and ivory border between
golden yellow and light blue hooked S-motif and minor barber-pole stripes, a
short kilim strip at each end, very slight wear, corroded black, minimal
repairs to edges 11ft.6in. x3ft.8in. (350cm. x 112cm.)
LITERATURE: HALl 55, February 1991, p .70.
While a number of small rugs with this field design are known (for a
discussion of the early examples of these see the note to lot 43, a prayer
rug sold in these Rooms, 16 October 1997), no other example appears to have
been published of this format. It retains the variety of colouring and
filling drawing normally associated with the best and earliest examples of
the smaller group. The border is one more frequently encountered with other
field designs (see lot 107 in this sale).
Est.: Ј12,000-18,000, US$20,000-30,000
Sold for Ј16,100
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