Lot 126
  • 126

A Marbadiah Wool Rug, Jerusalem circa 1920

Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • 37.4 by 51 in.
  • 95 by 130 cm.
decorated with Dome of the Rock and the Tombs of Absalom and Zacharia, all surmounted by eternal lights and titled in Hebrew within cartouches, the borders with flowering urns alternating with knot motifs and set at the corners with stylized stars of David, signed "Marbadiah Jerusalem"

Literature

Anton Felton, Jewish Carpets, Suffolk, 1997, no. 31, pp 98-99 (illustrated)