A 'TRANSYLVANIAN' COUPLED-COLUMN PRAYER RUG, CENTRAL OR WEST ANATOLIA

VAT reduced rateUK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Auction Closed

June 10, 06:00 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Prominent Private Collection

A 'TRANSYLVANIAN' COUPLED-COLUMN PRAYER RUG, CENTRAL OR WEST ANATOLIA

late 17th/early 18th century

approximately 182 by 124 cm.

Please note: Condition 9 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers for this sale is not applicable to this lot.

For an example of a couple-column rug with closely related major and minor borders, please see Ionescu, Stefano, ed., Antique Ottoman Rugs in Transylvania, Rome 2005, p. 164. Cat 203, a late 17th century example from the Black Church, Braşov, inv. 233*