A TEKKE TORBA

WEST TURKMENISTAN, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A TEKKE TORBA
west turkmenistan, second half 19th century
The rust red field with six Tekke guls interspersed by secondary Tshemtshe guls in indigo, ivory, light blue and medium brown within a geometric border
Approximately 1ft. 3in. x 3ft. 5in. (38cm. x 104cm.)

Lot Essay

For a similar example in the collection of the George Walter Vincent Smith Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts, see Mackie, L. and Thompson, J., Turkman Tribal Carpets and Traditions, Washington, DC, 1980, p.108, fig. 35