CENTRAL ANATOLIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A KONYA LONG RUG
CENTRAL ANATOLIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Localised areas of wear, some loss at each end, scattered areas of repair, selvages rebound
13ft.6in. x 4ft.2in. (410cm. x 127cm.)

Provenance

Anon sale, Sotheby's, London, 24 April 1996, lot 86

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

A very similar runner, with stronger colours than are found here, but the same drawing including the animals in each medallion, is published Bruggermann, Werner and Bohmer, Harald: Rugs of the Peasants and Nomads of Anatolia, Hannover, 1980, pl.16, p.154.

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