A Central Anatolian rug,

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Description

A Central Anatolian rug
approximately 6ft. 11in. by 5ft. 4in. (2.11 by 1.62m.)

Literature

Herrmann, Eberhart, Von Konya bis Kokand: Seltene Orientteppiche, Munich, no. 3

Catalogue Note

A very closely related example was formerly in the collection of James F. Ballard and is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, see Dimand, M. S. and Jean Mailey, Oriental Rugs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1973, no. 137, pp. 245-6. Another rug similar in design yet with different guard borders was sold in these rooms on December 11, 1991, lot 136.