Lot 61
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN, FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF COLONEL NORMAN COLVILLE M.C. (1893-1974).
A KARABAGH CARPET

SOUTH CAUCASUS, 18TH CENTURY

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A KARABAGH CARPET
South Caucasus, 18th Century
The shaded red field with overall afshan design comprising rosettes, palmettes and flowering tendrils, in a reciprocal trefoil border between ivory flowerhead stripes, even wear, large repair
11ft.4in. x 6ft.8in. (344cm. x 204cm.)
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NO LOT 62
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN, FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF COLONEL NORMAN COLVILLE M.C. (1893-1974)

Lot Essay

For a comprehensive discussion on the 'Afshan' pattern please see Yetkin (Serare: Early Caucasian Carpets in Turkey, London, 1978, vol.II, pp.61-63). The present example, although fragmentary, is particularly well drawn, notably in the reciprocal trefoil border, and probably dates from the first half of the eighteenth century.

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