Sale 9974
London, South Kensington
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24 November 2004
Price realised
GBP 1,135
Estimate
A Shirvan long kelleh, East Caucasus The shaded indigo field with stylised palmettes and various floral motifs around shaped light rust panel containing bold polychrome palmettes, in an ivory border of polychrome hooked bars between reciprocal skittle-pattern and S-motif stripes, outer barber-pole and plain stripes, slight even wear, old repairs and repiling (well blended) 335cm. x 150cm.(11ft. x 4ft.11in.)
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