A Tekke torba, West Turkestan,

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Description

A Tekke torba
approximately 1ft. 3in. by 3ft. 7in. (0.38 by 1.10m.)

Catalogue Note

The interior "checkerboard" decoration of the archetypal guls and the linked chemche guls here appear to be unusual among six-gul Tekke torbas. For some Tekke six-gul torbas recently on the market, please refer to The Lesley and Robert Pinner Collection of Turkmen Rugs, Rippon Boswell, May 15, 2004, lots 9, 19, 26, 35, 82 and 86.