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General
Classification: Turkish
Rugs
JBOC Comments:
Description:
FINE ORIENTAL AND EUROPEAN
CARPETS
SALE NY7284 LOT 172
SESSION 1 | 07 Apr 99 10:15 AM.
New York
A Kum Kapi Hagop Kapoudjian silk and metal thread
rug, Northwest Anatolia,
40,000—60,000 USD
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium:
76,407 USD
DESCRIPTION
A Kum Kapi Hagop Kapoudjian silk and metal thread
rug, Northwest Anatolia,
early 20th century
signed "Hagop" in Armenian and
initialed "H.K."
original fringes folded under and sewn with
applied fringes, repaired rip in lower left
corner,
approximately 6ft. 3in. by 4ft. 4in. (1.90 by
1.32m.)
Please refer to Farrow, George F., Hagop
Kapoudjian: The First and Greatest Master of the
Kum Kapi School, London, 1993 for a thorough
discussion of this master weaver and figure 52c
for a cartoon of the peacock cartouche found in
this rug.
Seen on www.Sothebys.com
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