A Pictorial Rug, Turkey Circa 1915

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

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Description

46.5 by 61 in.
118 by 155 cm.

centered with a depiction of Eve offering Adam the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, the outer frame depicting scenes from the story of Cain and Abel, including Abel tending to his flock, Cain ploughing his fields, and Adam and Eve, fully clad, mourning the death of their son.

Literature

Anton Felton, Jewish Carpets, Suffolk, 1997, no. 19, pp. 81-82 (illustrated)