Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs & Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs & Carpets
Property from Eberhart Herrmann
Auction Closed
June 10, 06:00 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from Eberhart Herrmann
A LENKORAN LONG RUG, MOGHAN REGION, SOUTHWEST CAUCASUS
first half 19th century
with a rare depiction of camels, in the lower field
approximately 318 by 94 cm.
Condition 9 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers for this sale is not applicable to this lot.
Sotheby’s New York 10th December, 1992, Lot 39
Hali 67, February/March 1993, p. 130
Herrmann, Eberhart, Asiatische Teppich- und Textilkunst, Band 5, Emmetten, 1995, pl. 55
For related examples with the dragon-like motifs bracketing the central medallions, see Christie’s New York 23 June 2006, lot 199, with trefoil border, and a rug once in the collections of F.R. Martin and C.J. Lamm, illustrated Hali 44, April 1989, pp.72-3, (Sailer advertisement), with a cartouche border. The present example has possibly unique crab-like motifs between the medallions rather than the shaped red cartouches typical of this group; the camels in the lower field are also a rare, and charming feature.
