A WEST ANATOLIAN `DRAGON` RUG

Lot 286
24.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 7 000
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ID 1306470
Lot 286 | A WEST ANATOLIAN 'DRAGON' RUG
Estimate value
£ 7 000 – 10 000
A WEST ANATOLIAN 'DRAGON' RUG
PROBABLY GHIORDES REGION, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
Light localised spots of wear, scattered cobbled repairs and reweaves, selvages rebound, upper outer guard stripe rewoven
6ft.7in. x 5ft.5in. (200cm. x 170cm.)




Provenance

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; sold Christie's New York, 15 March 1996, lot 32



Literature

J. K. Mumford, Oriental Rugs, New York, 1915, p.5
Peter Willborg, "The Dragon Rugs of Anatolia," Oriental Rug Review, Vol. 10, No.6, 1990, p.50
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