A 'LOTTO' USHAK CARPET FRAGMENT

WEST ANATOLIA, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY

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A 'LOTTO' USHAK CARPET FRAGMENT
WEST ANATOLIA, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
THE SHADED TOMATO-RED FIELD WITH AN OVERALL LATTICE OF LINKED GOLDEN YELLOW ARABESQUES FORMING QUATREFOIL PANELS ALTERNATING WITH OCTAGONAL PANELS, DETAILS WORKED IN INDIGO AND LIGHT BLUE, ONE SIDE WITH A DEEP GREEN BORDER OF ANGULAR LEAFY MOTIFS AROUND CUSPED CONCENTRIC RUST-BROWN AND INDIGO OR AUBERGINE HEXAGONAL MEDALLIONS BETWEEN LIGHT BLUE FLORAL MEANDER AND SIMILAR RUST-BROWN STRIPES, OLD PATCHES OF REPAIR
2FT.8IN. X 4FT.3IN. (81 X 130CM.)

Literature

ANTIQUE ORIENTAL CARPETS FROM AUSTRIAN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, VIENNA, 1986, NO.5.

Exhibited

VIENNA, 1986

Lot Essay

ANOTHER FRAGMENT FROM THE SAME CARPET IS PUBLISHED BY ESKENAZI, J. AND FRANSES, MICHAEL: IL TAPPETO ORIENTALE DAL XV AL XVIII SECOLO, MILAN, 1982, NO.8, PP.73 AND 29-31. THE CARPET IS PARTICULARLY WELL DRAWN, SEEN IN THE CLARITY OF THE FIELD, AND WITH AN UNUSUALLY GOOD RANGE OF COLOURS VISIBLE AT ITS BEST IN THE BORDER.

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