A Demerci Kula rug, Central Anatolia

Overall measurements; 140cm across the top, 138cm across the bottom, 171cm the left hand side, 171cm the right hand side. Pile varies from 3mm, largely in the yellow, in the upper and lower borders, and blue in the field, down to knotbars and foundation, which can be seen in the field and in the upper and lower right of the border and centre of the left border. Some minor 'nick' repairs to the left hand side, and very minor repairs elsewhere, for example the tip of the top left corner and very minor localised repiling. With later red double corded sidecords. Both ends with outer checker guard borders missing and trimmed fringing, now secured. A very well articulated and vibrantly coloured example of the genre with unusual shades of yellow.
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The present lot has a  similar composition to the examples within the St. Louis Art Museum, formerly of the Ballard Collection, Denny. W. & T. Farnham, The Carpet and the Connoisseur, The James F. Ballard Collection of Oriental Rugs, Verona, 2016, pp. 114,  115 & 226, pl. 21. The vibrant colour palette, particularly the yellow ground and border, is unusual for this genre and is more closely shared by the Ballard example p. 226, as are the inner and outer minor borders, although differing with a madder main field.