Austria Auction Company presents Fine Antique Oriental Rugs III
The third instalment of Austria Auction Company‘s sales of ‘Fine Antique Oriental Rugs’ will be held on Tuesday 16 September 2014 at 2pm at the Novomatic Forum, Vienna. Viewing will take place from 13 – 16 September and online bidding will be available via liveauctioneers.com. The sale, of over 240 lots, consists of antique rugs and carpets from the Caucasus, Turkey, Persia, Turkmenistan and Central Asia. Many of the pieces have been previously published and come from private owners and collectors in Germany and Austria.
The focal point of the sale is the collection of Prof. Dr. Gunther Marschall, who collected antique Oriental carpets in the 1950s and 60s, purchased from noted dealers such as Bernheimer Munich and Dr. Ulrich Schürmann. This is the first time the Marschall Collection has been exhibited and sold to the public and had remained in storage for the past forty years. More than half the sale is dedicated to this collection (130 in total), of which many have been published in books such as Schürmann’s Caucasian Rugs (1969), Teppiche aus dem Orient (1976), and Werner Grote Hasenbalg’s Der Orientteppich (1922). With the published carpets setting a benchmark for quality, AAC’s third sale looks set to be the strongest to date.
The auction for Fine Antique Oriental Rugs III will take place on Tuesday 16 September 2014 at 2pm at the Novomatic Forum, Vienna.
Lot 19
Tekke embroidered asmalyk. Turkmenistan, circa 1800.
Estimate: € 10,000 – 12,000
Lot 26
Afshar rug, published in “Antike Orientteppiche aus Österreichischem Besitz” TKF 1986 plate 95, Persia, 19th century
Estimate: € 2,500 – 3,500
Lot 45
Kuba rug , Caucasus 17/18th century
Estimate: € 15,000 – 20,000
Lot 47
Borjalu Kazak, published in Schürmann “Caucasian rugs” 1990 plate 12, Caucasus circa 1850
Estimate: € 9,000 – 11,000
Lot 48
Lesghi rug, published in Schürmann “Caucasian Rugs”, 1990 plate 128, Caucasus dated by Schürmann 17th/18th century
Estimate: € 18,000 – 22,000
Lot 56
Medallion Ushak carpet, Turkey circa 1600
Estimate: € 40,000 – 50,000
Lot 67
Tekke main carpet, Turkmenistan circa 1800
Estimate: € 9,000 – 11,000
Lot 85
Caucasian animal rug, published in Schürmann “Caucasian Rugs” plate 93 and Schürmann “Bilderbuch für Teppichsammler” 1960 plate 38, Caucasus dated by Schürmann 17th century
Estimate: € 80,000 – 100,000
Lot 98
East Mediterranean ;Damascus’ checkerboard rug
published in Schürmann “Bilderbuch für Teppichsammler” 1960 plate 21 and Schürmann “Oriental Carpets” 1965 page 30
dated by Schürmann circa 1600
Estimate: € 80,000 – 100,000
Lot 109
Khotan rug, East Turkestan circa 1800
Estimate: € 20,000 – 25,000
Lot 110
Antependium fragment, Lothringen Germany circa 1350
Silk embroidery with large areas gold wrapped silk thread
Estimate: € 50,000 – 70,000
Lot 115
Konya region fragment, published in Schürmann “Teppiche aus dem Orient” 1976 page 59
Turkey dated by Schürmann 17/18th century
Estimate: € 35,000 – 45,000
Lot 125
Salor “S” group main carpet published in “Turkmen” Mackie and Thompson, The Textile Museum 1980
Turkmenistan 18th century or earlier
Estimate: € 150,000 – 200,000
Lot 133
Esfahan carpet fragment, Persia early 17th century
Estimate: € 40,000 – 50,000
Lot 154
Star Ushak carpet, Turkey circa 1600
Estimate: € 90,000 – 110,000
Lot 159
Goradis fragment published in Schürmann “Teppiche aus dem Orient” 1976, page 141
Caucasus 18th century, dated 1115 AH= 1700 AD
Estimate: € 15,000 – 18,000
Lot 182
Tekke chuval, Turkmenistan first half 19th century
Estimate: € 12,000 – 15,000
Lot 189
Transylvanian Ushak published in “Antike Anatolische Teppiche aus Österreichischem Besitz” 1983 plate 13
Turkey 17th century
Estimate: € 18,000 – 22,000
Lot 226
Azerbaijan carpet, Caucasus first half 19th century
Estimate: € 8,000 – 10,000
Lot 236 Armenian carpet
Published in Schürmann“Teppiche aus dem Orient” 1976, page 181 Armenia 18th century
Estimate: € 15,000 – 18,000
Lot 238
Gerus carpet, Persia circa 1880
Estimate: € 12,000 – 15,000
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