A Tekke kapunuk, West Turkestan,

Dodds, Dennis et al., Oriental Rugs from Atlantic Collections, Philadelphia 1996, pl. 249.

Tent door surrounds (kapunuks) with an ivory ground and a curling serrated leaf design found here appear in the repertoire of the Salor, Saryk and Tekke tribes of the Turkmen.  Tekke examples related to the present lot include Thompson, Jon and Louise Mackie, Turkmen Tribal Carpets and Traditions, Washington, D.C. 1980, fig. 46 and Sotheby's New York, 5 November 1983, lot 176; and Sotheby's New York, 10-11 April 1981, lot 184.