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Country of Origin: Turkey, Istanbul
JBOC Comments:
Description:
Sale Title ORIENTAL RUGS AND
CARPETS
Location London, King Street Sale Date Oct 13,
2005
Lot Number 20 Sale Number 7078
Creator ISTANBUL, TURKEY, CIRCA 1920
Lot Title A FINE SILK AND METAL-THREAD KOUM KAPI
CARPET
Estimate 60,000 - 80,000 British pounds
Special Notice VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on
hammer price plus buyer's premium.
Lot Description A FINE SILK AND METAL-THREAD KOUM
KAPI CARPET
ISTANBUL, TURKEY, CIRCA 1920
Overall excellent condition
9ft.8in. x 6ft.10in. (294cm. x 208cm.)
Lot Notes The knot count is 13H x 12V per cm. sq.
This carpet is very finely woven in silk on a
silk foundation. Although it is not signed, the
quality of weave, design and the intricate
patterning within the metal-thread suggest that
this carpet was produced by one of the great
masters of the Armenian 'Koum Kapi' workshop in
Istanbul. Indeed, the use of purple pink
selvages, the drawing of the prayer arch and the
cutting of the pile suggest that this could be
the work of the master weaver, Zareh Penyamin.
The design draws its influence from Persian
Safavid ornament which can be seen in a multiple
medallion carpet of 'Vase' type, in the Victoria
and Albert Museum, Arthur Upham Pope, A Survey of
Persian Art, Oxford, 1938, pp.1236-7. A larger
and less fine Koum Kapi carpet of similar design,
was offered for sale Sotheby's, Dubai, 4
December, 1985, lot 269.
Seen on www.Christies.com
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