Lot Essay
A similar Beshir prayer rug is illustrated in Eberhart Herrmann, Von Uschak Bis Yarkand: Seltene Orientteppiche aus Vier Jahrhunderten, Munich, 1979, no.97, p.146.
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MIDDLE AMU DARYA, MID 19TH CENTURY
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A BESHIR PRAYER RUG
MIDDLE AMU DARYA, MID 19TH CENTURY
Localised light wear, touches of old moth damage with associated repiling, selvages rebound, some loss to one end
6ft. x 3ft.8in. (183cm. x 110cm.)
MIDDLE AMU DARYA, MID 19TH CENTURY
Localised light wear, touches of old moth damage with associated repiling, selvages rebound, some loss to one end
6ft. x 3ft.8in. (183cm. x 110cm.)
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Sale room notice
Please note that this prayer rug is published in Hartley Clark, Bokhara Turkoman and Afghan Rugs, London, 1922, p.114, pl.A.
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