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Lot 85
  • 85

A Khotan Rug

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • wool, pile
  • approximately 197 by 127cm; 6ft. 6in., 4ft. 2in.

Literature

Herrmann, Eberhart, Von Konya bis Kokand, Seltene Orientteppiche (Rare Oriental Carpets), Munich, Vol. III, Cat. No. 117, p.184

Condition

1

Catalogue Note

For a comparable Khotan rug, Hsin Chiang, East Turkestan, 19th century (265 by 112cm), with white ground and madder overall design, see Herrmann, Eberhart, Seltene Orientteppiche, Munich, 1983, Vol. V., Cat. No. 90, pp.186-187.

For comprehensive discussion of Khotan carpets see, Bidder, Hans, Carpets from Eastern Turkestan, Washington International Associates, 1979, Chp.III, The Khotan Carpets, 1.The Vase-Pomegranate Pattern, pp.49-53, plates I & II.