Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs & Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs & Carpets
Property from a Prominent Private Collection
A 'TRANSYLVANIAN' NICHE RUG, WEST ANATOLIA
Auction Closed
June 10, 06:00 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Prominent Private Collection
A 'TRANSYLVANIAN' NICHE RUG, WEST ANATOLIA
late 17th century
approximately 132 by 102 cm.
Please note: Condition 9 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers for this sale is not applicable to this lot.
Property from a Collection, Sotheby's New York, December 15, 2000, lot 105
For an example of a double-niche 'Transylvanian' rug, also with a maize yellow ground, with a similar border, see Ionescu, Stefano, ed., Antique Ottoman Rugs in Transylvania, Rome 2005, p. 134, Cat. 129, from the Ev.Church, Rupea, Reps, inv. 48**. For an example with related spandrel decoration, with polychome palmettes and 'tulips', Ionesco, ibid., p. 149, Cat. 168, from the Hungarian Lutheran Church, Braşov, Brassó, Inv 1.