SOUTH EAST ANATOLIA, CIRCA 1800

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A REYHANLI PRAYER KILIM
South East Anatolia, circa 1800
The central field with two columns of alternately coloured confronted small prayer arches containing scattered flowerheads, in a narrow indigo flowerhead border between multiple polychrome geometric motif minor stripes, minor loss to outer stripe at one end, woven in two halves, one or two small holes in need of some stabilising
12ft.1in. x 4ft.8in. (368cm. x 142cm.)

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Lot Essay

A similar example which had four niches per row rather than the two seen here was exhibited in Switzerland (Alte Teppiche aus dem Orient. exhibition catalogue, Gewerbemuseum Basel, 1980, pp.46-7). Both examples have the unusual feature of prayer niches which face each other across the centre, indicating that the design had become a decorative motif by the time these were woven rather than being intended for prayer.

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