Fine Oriental Carpets & Rug Auction

April 22, 2006 12:00 AM EDT
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187 Lots

1: OLD ORIENTAL CARPETS by Friedrich Sarre & Hermann Trenkwald; Vol. I, 1926 and Vol. II, 1928

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Sold: $3,163

2: CHARLES T. YERKES, AUCTION CATALOGUE DELUXE, number 26 of 150; The American Art Association, 1910; inscribed "Hon. Elbert H. Gary, with compliments, Hiram B. Parke, December 21, 1912, see plates I, IV, XVI"

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold: $1,150

3: SHAHSAVAN SOUMAC BAGFACE, Caucasus, circa 1875; of cruciform design, the central brick directional medallion on an ivory field within green and rust spandrels and a polychrome crab border with an ivory outer border and looped finish at one end; 1

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Sold: $3,450

4: FINE BELOUCH BLACK GROUND SMALL RUG, Afghanistan, late 19th century; 2 feet 10 inches x 1 foot 8 inches

Estimate: $500 - $700

Sold: $2,588

5: UNUSUAL MOCHA GROUND BELOUCH RUG, Afghanistan, late 19th century; woven with an abstract palmette and boteh pattern; 3 feet 8 inches x 2 feet 4 inches

Estimate: $700 - $1,000

Sold: $4,025

6: BELOUCH MOCHA GROUND SMALL RUG, Afghanistan, late 19th century; 2 feet 11 inches x 1 foot 5 inches

Estimate: $500 - $700

Sold: $920

7: KUBA SAFFRON GROUND RUG, Caucasus, mid 19th century; the saffron field with multiple polychrome flowerheads within a brick red border containing ivory, green, shrimp, blue and saffron star flowers; original braided and knotted fringes; 4 feet x 3

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

Sold: $17,250

8: TALISH RUG, Caucasus, early 19th century; the red field woven with flowerheads and animals within an ivory lozenge filled border with green and blue guard borders; 8 feet 2 inches x 3 feet 4 inches

Estimate: $500 - $700

Sold: $2,070

9: HERIZ RUG, Persia, circa 1900; the central royal blue medallion on a red flowerhead filled field within ivory bird and flower filled spandrels, all within a red waterbug palmette border; 6 feet 9 inches x 5 feet 1 inch

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Sold: $5,463

10: HERIZ RUG, Persia, circa 1900; ensuite with the preceding; 6 feet 3 inches x 5 feet 1 inch

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Sold: $6,900

11: MOHTASHEM KASHAN TREE OF LIFE PRAYER RUG, Persia, late 19th century; the central flowering tree of life filled with birds, fruit and butterflies on an ivory ground beneath a soft crimson prayer arch within an ivory flower and bird filled border; 6

Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000

Sold: $12,650

12: MOHTASHEM KASHAN GARDEN RUG, Persia, first quarter 20th century; the central red weeping willow and flower filled oblong medallion on a midnight blue complimentary field within red weeping willow spandrels and a midnight blue meander vine and

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Sold: $4,025

13: SAROUK FEREGHAN PRAYER RUG, Persia, circa 1900; the soft brick mihrab woven with a central tree of life flanked by cypress trees and columns supporting a blue arch within a royal blue tulip and vine border; 6 feet 6 inches x 4 feet 5 inches

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Sold: $5,175

14: TABRIZ HAJI JALLIL MAT, Persia, circa 1900; the central midnight blue vine filled medallion anchored with lancehead palmettes on an open ivory field within complimentary spandrels and a golden yellow serrated leaf and flowerhead palmette border

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold: $1,035

15: MOHTASHEM KASHAN SQUARE CARPET, Persia, circa 1875; the central ivory and soft brick red medallion on an abrashed sky blue flower filled field within ivory spandrels and a midnight blue palmette and flower filled border with multiple guard borders;

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000

Sold: $8,050

16: PAIR OF ZIEGLER SULTANABAD CARPET BORDERS, Persia, circa 1880; 14 feet 5 inches x 2 feet 3 inches

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold: $2,875

17: LAVAR KIRMAN SIGNATURE CARPET, Persia, late 19th century; the central ivory, red and green floral medallion on an ivory field with an ivory border flanked by multiple guard borders; 11 feet 5 inches x 9 feet

Estimate: $7,000 - $10,000

Sold: $6,900

18: MAHAL CARPET, Persia, late 19th century; the ivory field woven in an all over floral herati pattern within a soft red waterbug palmette border; 11 feet 10 inches x 8 feet 9 inches

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Current Bid: NaN Bids

19: GENDGE PRAYER RUG, Caucasus, late 19th century; the ivory mihrab with polychrome chevrons beneath a midnight blue prayer arch within a rust linked seahorse border with blue and green guard borders, with unusual polychrome selvage; 4 feet 3 inches x

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000

Sold: $5,175

20: SHIRVAN PRAYER RUG, Caucasus, circa 1900; the ivory trellis and flower mihrab beneath a flower filled prayer arch containing an animal and ewer within five geometric and flower filled borders; 4 feet 11 inches x 4 feet 2 inches

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Sold: $2,185

21: FINE TURKISH PRAYER KILIM, dated 1287 (1870); with metallic thread and cotton highlights; 5 feet 3 inches x 4 feet 2 inches

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Sold: $4,025

22: MAKRI SINGLE PANEL PRAYER RUG, Turkey, circa 1875; containing a central blue mihrab beneath a pale yellow arch with an ivory border; 4 feet 6 inches x 2 feet 6 inches

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold: $690

23: HERIZ CARPET, Persia, late 19th century; slight losses to end borders; 14 feet 6 inches x 7 feet 5 inches

Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000

Sold: $8,625

24: BIDJAR VAGIREH, Persia, 19th century; the chocolate ground with various flowerheads; 4 feet 9 inches x 3 feet 6 inches

Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500

Current Bid: NaN Bids

25: NORTH WEST PERSIAN CARPET, mid-19th century; the midnight blue field woven with a classic palmette pattern within a golden border containing palmettes, serrated leaves and vines; 8 feet 9 inches x 4 feet 6 inches

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Sold: $5,463

26: AMRITSAR RUNNER, India, late 19th century, the faun field with delicate flowers and vines within a green border; 22 feet 6 inches x 2 feet 6 inches

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

Sold: $5,175

27: AKSTAFA PRAYER RUG, Caucasus, late 19th century; the midnight blue mihrab containing animals and birds in a polychrome geometric lattice pattern beneath an ivory prayer arch with comb motif within an ivory rams horn border and linked "S" guard

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Sold: $3,738

28: CAUCASIAN KILIM, late 19th century; woven with horizontal polychrome panels; 8 feet 4 inches x 5 feet

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold: $633

29: CAUCASIAN GORADIS RUG, last quarter 19th century; the midnight blue field containing eighteen lively polychrome lobster or scorpion motifs surrounded by flowers, stars and animals within a red flower and leaf border with reciprocal minor borders; 9

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000

Sold: $4,313

30: ALPAN KUBA RUG, Caucasus, late 19th century; 5 feet 2 inche x 3 feet 2 inches

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold: $1,840

31: FINE YOMUD AZMALYK, Turkestan, late 19th century; woven with an ivory lattice pattern with original tassel trappings; 4 feet 4 inches x 2 feet 6 inches

Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000

Sold: $3,738

32: YOMUD NINE GUL TORBA, Turkestan, circa 1875; 3 feet 9 inches x 1 foot 5 inches

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000

Current Bid: NaN Bids

33: UNUSUAL YOMUD MARFRASH, Turkestan, late 19th century, woven with vertical stripes; 2 feet 1 inch x 1 foot 2 inches

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold: $518

34: FINE TEKKE TWELVE GUL MAFRASH, mid 19th century; highlighted with cotton and silk; 2 feet 3 inches x 11 inches

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000

Current Bid: NaN Bids

35: FINE YOMUD AZMALYK, Turkestan, late 19th century; woven with fine brick and midnight blue panels of ascending trees within a thunderbird and double boteh border flanked by running dog guard borders, with original tassel trappings; 4 feet 4 inches x

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Sold: $4,313

36: A YOMUD SIXTEEN GUL CHUVAL, Turkestan, circa 1875; 3 feet 8 inches x 2 feet 6 inches; together with a YOMUD NINE GUL CHUVAL, Turkestan, circa 1875; 3 feet 1 inch x 2 feet 2 inches

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Current Bid: NaN Bids

37: UNUSUAL YOMUD TORBA PANEL, Turkestan, 19th century; woven with vertical rows of nomadic motifs within an ivory border; 2 feet 1 inch x 1 foot 4 inches

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold: $1,265

38: UNUSUAL BELOUCH IVORY GROUND RUG, Afghanistan, mid 19th century; containing a central flowering tree flanked by ascending chevron motifs; 3 feet 4 inches x 2 feet 10 inches

Estimate: $500 - $1,000

Sold: $2,185

39: CHINESE PEKING RUG, circa 1900; the faun field containing bats, peonies, vines and trellis' within a dragon and flowerhead border; 5 feet 9 inches x 4 feet

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Sold: $2,875

40: TWO CHINESE SMALL RUGS, mid 19th century, each with ivory fields and containing flowering trees and horses; 3 feet 11 inches x 2 feet 1 inch

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold: $1,265

41: AGRA INSCRIPTION RUG, India, circa 1900; the central ivory inscription medallion on an oatmeal field filled with green scrolling vines, flowerheads, lancehead palmettes and serrated leaves within an inscription cartouche filled border with an open

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Sold: $2,300

42: SPANISH ALPUJORA WOOL AND COTTON RUG, early 19th century; woven with a floating weft and tufted technique with birds, flowerheads and eye-dazzling patterns in colors of faun, gold, foam green and ivory; 8 feet x 6 feet 8 inches

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

Sold: $2,070

43: BERGAMO RUG, Turkey, circa 1875; the central star medallion set within a series of larger geometric and floral medallions as a rust ground within green spandrels and an ivory border; 7 feet 1 inch x 4 feet 10 inches

Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000

Current Bid: NaN Bids

44: TURKISH VILLAGE RUG, circa 1800; the central rust and blue hexagonal medallion on an open faun field within checkerboard spandrels and all within an oxidized brown meander vine border with turret end borders; 5 feet 8 inches x 4 feet 1 inch

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Sold: $12,650

45: BIDJAR CARPET, Persia, circa 1880; the red field woven with large polychrome flowerheads within a royal blue border flanked by multiple guard borders; wool warps; 18 feet 8 inches x 11 feet 1 inch

Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000

Sold: $8,050

46: HERIZ RUG, Persia, circa 1900; the central red petal formed medallion on a midnight blue field with ivory spandrels and a red waterbug palmette border; 5 feet 10 inches x 5 feet

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000

Sold: $2,588

47: BIDJAR GEROUS CARPET, Persia, circa 1880; the royal blue ground woven with a classic Gerous pattern within a narrow rust waterbug palmette border flanked by ivory flower guard borders; wool warps; 18 feet 1 inch x 11 feet 5 inches

Estimate: $7,000 - $10,000

Sold: $17,250

48: BIDJAR SMALL RUG, Persia, circa 1925; the central midnight blue medallion on a tomato red herati filled field with complimentary midnight blue spandrels and a blue border with flowerheads and serrated leaves; 4 feet 2 inches x 2 feet 8 inches

Estimate: $500 - $700

Sold: $1,610

49: MELAS BAROQUE PRAYER RUG, Turkey, mid-19th century; the soft brick mihrab within an ivory carnation, cypress tree and flower filled surround, the brown outer border containing boteh, tulips and carnations; 5 feet 2 inches x 3 feet 3 inches

Estimate: $3,500 - $5,000

Sold: $4,888

50: VERNEH COVER, Caucasus, circa 1900; the open blue field within a polychrome geometric border flanked by running dog green and red guard borders, with original fringe and tassels; 8 feet x 5 feet 7 inches

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Sold: $1,380

51: SHIRVAN MARASALLI PRAYER RUG, Caucasus, late 19th century; the golden field woven with a flower filled trellis pattern beneath an ivory prayer arch within an ivory boteh and meander vine border with multiple guard borders; 5 feet 10 inches x 2 feet

Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000

Sold: $8,913

52: UNUSUAL KARATCHOPH KAZAK PRAYER RUG, Caucasus, late 19th century; the green mihrab containing an ivory octagonal medallion within ivory and rust borders; 5 feet 1 inch x 3 feet 1 inch

Estimate: $500 - $700

Sold: $2,588

53: SUZANI EMBROIDERY, Buchara, mid 19th century; 7 feet 5 inches x 5 feet 10 inches

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Sold: $4,313

54: SUZANNI EMBROIDERY, Turkestan, 19th century; the linen ground woven with ascending flowers within a complimentary border; 7 feet 7 inches x 6 feet 4 inches

Estimate: $500 - $1,000

Sold: $1,495

55: SUZANNI EMBROIDERY, Uzbekistan, late 19th century; the linen ground with a green floral leaf trellis enclosing red, blue and burnt salmon flowerheads within a flowerhead roundel and fan tail border; 8 feet 5 inches x 5 feet 3 inches

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Sold: $12,650

56: SUZANNI EMBROIDERY, Tashkent, late 19th century; 7 feet 7 inches x 5 feet 7 inches

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000

Sold: $1,495

57: HERIZ CARPET, Persia, circa 1875; the central rust and midnight blue palmette filled medallion anchored in flowerheads on a rust field within blue green spandrells and a salmon waterbug palmette border; 11 feet 5 inches x 9 feet

Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000

Sold: $13,800

58: HERIZ CARPET, Persia, circa 1875; the central coral medallion containing smaller sky blue and midnight blue medallions on an open ivory field within shrimp spandrels and a coral waterbug palmette border flanked by sky blue guard borders; 12 feet 3

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000

Sold: $16,100

59: GENDGE PRAYER RUG, Caucasus, late 19th century; the ivory trellis work mirhab containing multiple polychrome flowerheads beneath a midnight blue prayer arch with a pair of out-stretched hands within a red linked seahorse border; 8 feet 2 inches x 4

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Current Bid: NaN Bids

60: LESGHI RUNNER, Caucasus, circa 1900; the black ground containing six green, red and midnight blue lesghi stars surrounded by flowers, stars, geometric motifs and a lone figure and animal within an ivory crab palmette border flanked by multiple guard

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Current Bid: NaN Bids
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