Christie's specialist rug and
carpet sale 29 April in London, King Street includes 268 Oriental rugs,
carpets and textiles. Among them a very old 17th century Anatolian carpet
- probably a Karapinar.
Lot 134 Anatolian probably Karapinar 17th century. Size 208 x 137 cm. Estimate 18.000 - 25.000 GBP
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Extract from Christie's lot notes on lot 134: This most
unusual rug shows great skill on the part of the weaver. The wool is
tightly packed and of a good lustrous quality. The weaver, using the same
technique for both, has managed to convey very angular forms such as the
motifs in the upper and lower pendant lozenge medallions, yet also produce
as delicately curved a line as can be found in Turkish weaving in the
flaming panels coming in from each side. This gives the rug a remarkable
counterpoint in the drawing, of a type which one rarely encounters. It is
an extremely subtle rug which also defies easy categorisation.
In the comment on this rug after its appearance in the New York sale(
Sotheby's 12 December 1997), it
was aptly suggested, in agreement with the original cataloguer, that the
rug was very probably made by a Turkman weaver (Hali, 97, March
1998, p.133). Some of the small motifs are well within the Turkman
repertoire. It certainly appears to be a rug which pulls together
influences from various sources (the flame panels at the sides could well
derive from Chinese textiles). These various elements have been combined
in a very confident way, working harmoniously together. The technical
virtuosity of the weave employed to create this rug is exceptional for an
Anatolian village rug."
Lot 96 Melas Prayer rug 1860 Size 178 x 124 cm. Estimate 1.800 - 2.500 GBP
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