SEEKING CONSIGNMENTS OF FINE ORIENTAL RUGS
material culture
18th
Konya Karapinar Rug, Central Anatolia, 18th C. Sold for $8125
Konya Rug, Central Anatolia, Mid 19th C. Sold for $7,000
Central Anatolian Konya Rug, 19th C. Sold for $5625
Konya Rug, Central Anatolia, Ca. 1800 Sold for $8125
Bergama Prayer Rug, Western Anatolia, Mid-19th C. Sold for $8125
Kazak Prayer Rug, Caucasus, Third Quarter 19th C. Sold for $8320
Ghiordes Prayer Rug, Turkey, Early 20th C. Sold for $8125
Eagle Kazak Rug, Caucasus, Ca. 1875 Sold for $11,250
Kazak Rug, Caucasus, Early/Mid 19th C. Sold for $16,250
Lori Pambak Kazak Rug, Caucasus, Ca, 1875 Sold for $5940
Kuba Rug, Caucasus, Ca. 1875 Sold for $6875
Khamseh Mother/Child Boteh Rug, Persia, Ca. 1875 Sold for $5940
Khamseh Main Rug, Persia, Ca. 1875 Sold for $6875
Karapinar Saf Kilim, Central Anatolia, 18th C. Sold for $31,250
Early Central Anatolian Kilim, 17th/18th C. Sold for $87,500
Early Hotamish Kilim, Central Anatolia, 17th/18th C. Sold for $162,500
Early Central Anatolian Kilim, 17th/18th C. Sold for Record-Breaking $187,500
Verneh Flatweave, Caucasus, Late 19th C. Sold for $6250
East Anatolian Erzerum Kilim, 19th C. Sold for $5300
Central Anatolian Kilim, Early 19th C. Sold for $6000
Sarkoy Prayer Kilim, Serbia/Bulgaria, 19th C. Sold for $7040
Sarkoy Kilim, Serbia/Bulgaria, 19th C. Sold for $8125
Shahsavan Kilim, Transcaucasus, 19th C.
Sold for $5000
Shahsevan Kilim, Transcaucasus, Ca. 1875
Sold for $8890
Shirvan Kilim, East Caucasus, Mid 19th C. Sold for $11,520
Shahsevan Kilim, Transcaucasus, Ca. 1875
Sold for $6675
Kuba Kilim, Caucasus, Mid 19th C. Sold for $6250
Gashgai Kilim, Persia, Ca. 1875 Sold for $5080
Kizil Ayak Ensi, Turkmenistan, Mid-19th C.
Sold for $7680
Salor Chuval, Turkmenistan, 18th C.
Sold for $60,800
Salor Chuval, Turkmenistan, 18th C.
Sold for $44,800
Salor Torba, Turkmenistan, Circa 1800
Sold for $26,880
Tekke Chuval, Turkmenistan, Circa 1800
Sold for $14,000
Arabatchi Ensi, Turkmenistan, 19th C.
Sold for $12,500
Ersari Jollar, Turkmenistan, Mid 19th C. Sold for $6875
Yomut Chuval, Igdyr Tribe, Turkmenistan, First Half 19th C. Sold for $3000
Tekke Mafrash/Kap, Turkmenistan, First Half 19th C. Sold for $4060
Yomut Mafrash/Kap, Turkmenistan, First Half 19th C. Sold for $3200
Chodor Torba, Turkmenistan, First Half 9th C. Sold for $10,000
Tekke Small Rug, Turkmenistan, First Half 19th C. Sold for $5300
Tekke Small Rug, Turkmenistan, First Half 19th C. Sold for $6400
Beluch Rug, Afghanistan, Mid 19th C. or Earlier Sold for $4480
Afshar Bagface, Southeast Persia, Last Quarter 19th C. Sold for $3625
Qashqa’i Khorjin/Bag, Southwest Persia, 19th C. Sold for $3750
Tekke (?) Torba, Turkmenistan, First Half 19th C. Sold for $4480
Shahsevan Khorjin Face, Transcaucasus, Early 19th C.
Sold for $36,250
Sold for $32,000
Sold for $25,000
Sold for $11,250
Sold for $12,160
Sold for $11,875
Central Asian Rug, Middle Amu Darya, Ca. 1875 Sold for $5340
Silk Petit Point Fragment, Caucasus, 18th C. Sold for: $6080
Agra Rug, India, 19th C. Sold for $7500
Ningxia Rug, China, Mid 19th C. Sold for $5400
Chinese Dragon Pillar Rug, 19th C. Sold for $11,250
Northwest Persian Kurd Rug, Early 19th C. Sold for $13,750
Silk Heriz Rug, Persia, 19th C. Sold for $18,750
Bidjar Pictorial Rug, Persia, Ca. 1900 Sold for $8125
Kerman Pictorial Rug, Persia, Ca. 1890 Sold for $9,375
Silk Souf Kashan Meditation Rug, Persia, Ca. 1900 Sold for $13,750
Agra Rug, India, Ca. 1890 Sold for $12,500
Tabriz Pictorial Rug Curtain, Persia, Ca. 1900 Sold for $9375
Silk Souf Kashan Rug, Persia, Ca. 1910 Sold for $16,250
Serapi Rug, Persia, Late 19th C. Sold for $30,720
Bakhtiari Carpet, Persia, Ca. 1900 Sold for $24,320
Serapi Rug, Persia, Ca. 1880 Sold for $22,500
Serapi Rug, Persia, Ca. 1900 Sold for $21,250
Bakshaish Rug, Persia, Ca. 1890 Sold for $20,000
Serapi Rug, Persia, Ca. 1890 Sold for $22,500
Serapi Rug, Persia, Late 19th C. Sold for $23,040
Oushak Rug, Turkey, Ca. 1900 Sold for $18,200
Hadji Jalili Tabriz Rug, Persia, Ca. 1890 Sold for $31,250
Serapi Rug, Persia, Ca. 1890 Sold for $20,000
Serapi Rug, Persia, Ca. 1880 Sold for $15,360
Oushak Rug, Turkey, Ca. 1900 Sold for $12,350
Garrus Bidjar Rug, Persia, Ca. 1890 Sold for $15,000
Oushak Rug, Turkey, Ca. 1900 Sold for $37,500
Agra Rug, India, Ca. 1900 Sold for $21,250
Bidjar Rug, Persia, Ca. 1890 Sold for $15,000
Baktiari Rug, Persia, Ca. 1900 Sold for $15,000
Ziegler Sultanabad Rug, Persia, Ca. 1890 Sold for $12,500
Tabriz Rug, Persia, Ca. 1880 Sold for $18,750
17th Century Oushak Medallion Rug, Turkey Sold for $21,250
Moud Rug, Persia, Ca. 1900 Sold for $21,250
Mohtasham Kashan Rug, Persia, 19th C. Sold for $28,125
Oushak Rug, Turkey, Ca. 1900 Sold for $16,250
Lahore Rug, India, 19th C. Sold for $15,240
Camel Field Bakshaish Rug, Persia, Ca. 1875 Sold for $16,250
Angora Oushak Rug, Turkey, Ca. 1890 Sold for $17,500
Halvai Bidar Rug, Persia, Late 19th C. Sold for $12,500
Sultanabad Rug, Persia, Late 19th C. Sold for $12,700
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