TARIM BASIN, EAST TURKESTAN, CIRCA 1900

Details

A SILK KHOTAN CARPET
TARIM BASIN, EAST TURKESTAN, CIRCA 1900
Overall excellent condition
10ft.4in. x 5ft.2in. (314cm. x 157cm.)

Provenance

Anon sale, Christie's London, 5 April 2011, lot 87

Special notice

Specifed lots (sold and unsold) marked with a filled square ( ¦ ) not collected from Christie’s, 8 King Street, London SW1Y 6QT by 5.00 pm on the day of the sale will, at our option, be removed to Crown Fine Art (details below). Christie’s will inform you if the lot has been sent ofsite. If the lot is transferred to Crown Fine Art, it will be available for collection from 12.00 pm on the second business day following the sale. Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Crown Fine Art. All collections from Crown Fine Art will be by prebooked appointment only.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

A silk Khotan carpet of a similar design with a polychrome wave-pattern border sold in the Davide Halevim Collection, Christie's London, 14 February 2001, lot 42 and a slightly earlier but very similar carpet was in the Bernheimer Family Collection of Carpets, Christie's London, 14 Februrary, 1996, lot 49.

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