Sale 9264
New York
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16 December 1999
Price realised
USD 6,325
Estimate
A MELAS RUG Southwest Anatolia, Third Quarter 19th Century The light green field with a central tomato panel surrounded by hooked vinery within a tomato hooked vinery border Approximately 5ft. 5in. x 4ft. (165cm. x 122cm.)
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With her high-piled ringlets, gold earrings and heavy black kohl, the woman portrayed in this funerary painting offers a glimpse of life almost 2,000 years ago
Hongmiao Shi gets the specialists’ perspectives on a quartet of precious artworks and objects available for immediate purchase