Sale 2504
New York
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15 April 2011
Price realised
USD 7,500
Estimate
A KARABAGH GALLERY CARPET SOUTH CAUCASUS, LATE 19TH CENTURY Approximately 18 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 6 in. (564 cm. x 229 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 April 2000, lot 201.
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