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Type: Khotan Rug JBOC Notes:
Catalog Discription:
Fine Rugs & Carpets including Islamic
Textiles
SALE W02871 LOT 76
SESSION 1 | 11 Jun 02 2:00 PM.
London, Olympia
A Khotan saph, East Turkestan, circa 1850
2,0003,000 GBP
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium:
3,760 GBP
MEASUREMENTS
369 by 114cm., 12ft. 1in. by 3ft. 9in.
DESCRIPTION
This lot contains 1 item(s).
These rugs with mihrabs in a row are known as
saphs and are usually decorated with the Tree of
Life motif. For a comparable example please see
Christie's, London, The Bernheimer Family
Collection of Carpets, 14 February 1996, lot 184.
As the Bernheimer saph, the present lot is long
and narrow and has ten mihrabs as opposed to the
general three or five. However, in this lot, no
mihrab is the same. Colours and inner designs are
different making each section entirely
individual. For another related example see
Murray L. Eiland, Chinese and Exotic Rugs,
London, 1979, pl. 103, p. 123.
Seen on www.Sothebys.com
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