EAST CAUCASUS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A KUBA SOUMAC CARPET
EAST CAUCASUS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Scattered areas of restoration
9ft.4in. x 6ft.6in. (285cm. x 198cm.)

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Lot Essay

This soumac carpet is unusual on three accounts. While Kuba soumacs are generally woven with an orange-red ground, the present example has a unconventionally large amount of denim blue within its palette. The design - with a central hooked medallion between rows of hooked güls arranged in three columns - is also difficult to find a comparable example of. Finally, the archaic border design which features stylised dragons alternating with hooked diamonds, is as striking as it is unusual. A triple medallion soumac carpet with a similar border was sold by Rippon Boswell, 24 November 2012, lot 92.

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