Lot 199
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A SILK YARKAND CARPET
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A SILK YARKAND CARPET

EAST TURKESTAN, CIRCA 1850

Details
A SILK YARKAND CARPET
EAST TURKESTAN, CIRCA 1850
Areas of wear, corroded black, added motifs, lacking border, selvages missing and heavily frayed in parts, ends missing knots
13ft.10in. x 8ft. (422cm. x 244cm.)
Provenance
The V. and L. Benguiat Private Collection of Rare Old Rugs, at the American Art Galleries, 4 & 5 December 1925, lot 26, described as a 'Mongolian Animal Carpet, 17th Century'.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The origin of the stylised pomegranate trees, which symbolise fertility, can be traced within this region as far back as 2000 years (Hans Bidder, Carpets from Eastern Turkestan, Tübingen, 1979, pp.49-53). The stag-figures are already present at the time of the Benguiat sale in 1925. Another silk Yarkand carpet with a closely related design on a pale blue ground, was sold in these Rooms, 28 April 2004, lot 251.

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