Description:
Central Anatolian Rug, late 17th/early 18th century, the blue-green eight-pointed star inset with a chocolate brown octagon on a red field with medium blue floating brackets at each corner, all within a border comprised of aubergine, blue, red, terra-cotta, and blue-green latch-hooked polygons with rosettes, ribbon minor border, 5 ft. 7 in. x 3 ft. 11 in.
Literature: For examples with similar design elements please see Seltene Orientteppiche V, Eberhart Herrmann, no. 10, p. 26; and Carpets of the Vakiflar Museum Istanbul, Belkis Balpinar and Udo Hirsch, 1988, no. 48, p. 273.
Estimate $8,000-10,000
rewoven area at right center, both sides reselvaged, remnants of lappets at bottom end
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Keywords
Istanbul, Vakiflar Museum, Udo Hirsch, Belkis BalpinarRichard Belkin
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