Ushaks and more in Dorotheum’s 24th September 2013 Vienna carpet sale

September 10, 2013

24th September 2013, Dorotheum Auction featuring historical carpets

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: Lot 13, Konya rug, Central Anatolia, end of the 18th century, 171 x 134 cm. Village rug with two hooked star medallions and an animal border with stylised birds? Estimate €22,000 – 28,000

: Lot 14, Shahrisyabz Suzani, Uzbekistan, beginning of the 19th century or earlier, 238 x 193 cm. Silk embroidery with satin and outline stitching on two-piece, handwoven cotton ground, abundant use of cochineal colours. Estimate €10,000 – 15,000

: Lot 16, Turkmen tent-band, consisting of two parts, South Turkestan, c. 1290 (640 + 650) cm x 12 cm, 18th/19th century. Symmetrical knot, wool and cotton highlights. Light tent bands also called “Yolami” or “Aq yüp”, are not well known, but the decorative pattern could be regarded as work of the Salor tribes. Estimate €6,000 – 7,000

: Lot 24, Fragmented Karabagh carpet, South Caucasus, ca. 1700. 635 x 230 cm, Estimate €40,000 – 50,000

: Lot No. 36 – Large Medallion Ushak carpet, West Anatolia, c.1650, 388 x 232 cm. Estimate €80,000 – 120,000

: Lot No. 62, Qashqa’i rug, Southwest Persia, early 19th century, 273 x 170 cm. Estimate €30,000 – 40,000

: Lot 65, Samarkand Suzani, Uzbekistan, first half of the 19th century, 270 x 188 cm, silk embroidery on four cotton sections. Estimate €12,000 – 14,000

: Lot 71, Salor Turkmen main carpet, West Turkestan, last quarter 18th Century, 317 x 247 cm. The unique feature of this carpet is the distributed scattering pattern and an animal abstraction on the right outer row of göls. Estimate €50,000 – 75,000

: Lot 111, Avar rug, Daghestan, Northeast Caucasus, about 1870, c. 129 x 89 cm. Estimate €7,000 – 9,000

: Lot 112, Tekke Turkmen embroidered asmalyk, West Turkestan, 18th century, 74 x 150 cm. Pentagonal hanging for a bridal camel with silk and wool embroidery on cotton ground. Estimate €10,000 – 12,000

: Lot 123, Large-Medallion Ushak rug, Western Anatolia (Turkey), 17th Century, 210 x 130cm, estimate €24,000 – 30,000

: Lot 125, Khotan ‘coffered-gül’ carpet, East Turkestan, 19th century, 285 x 175 cm, Estimate €6,000 – 8,000

: Lot 131, Lotto Ushak rug, Western Anatolia, late 17th Century, 162 x 123cm, estimate €25,000-30,000

: Lot 132, Karatchov Kazak rug, Southwest Caucasus, 194 x 187cm, early 19th Century, estimate €30,000-40,000

: Lot 148 , Two Indo-Persian silk embroider panels, Kashmir or Iran?, early 19th century, each 114 x 37 cm, Estimate €3,000 – 4,000

: Lot 164 – Azeri Shadda flatwoven cover, South Caucasus, 163 x 227 cm, mid-19th Century, estimate €10.000 – 15.000

: Lot 168, Bukhara Nim-Suzani, Uzbekistan, 162 x 123 cm, about 1860. Estimate €4,500 – 6,000

: Lot 25, Star Ushak carpet, West Anatolia (Turkey), 17th century, c. 274 x 187 cm. Estimate €20,000 – 26,000

Expert Wolfgang Matschek’s sixth major auction of oriental carpets, textiles and tapestries at the Vienna Dorotheum on 24 September 2013 will present 201 lots, including an unusually large number of historical and collectable carpets from Anatolia and the Caucasus, as well as Persian and Turkmen carpets, Central asian embroideries, and Brussels tapestries.

Some items date back to the seventeenth century, among them a number of Ushaks of various design types. Matschek expects €80,000–120,000 to be reached by Lot 36, a large-medallion Ushak carpet dating to ca. 1650, which is distinguished by its brilliant colours. Another large-medallion Ushak (Lot 123) comes in an unusually small format, 2.10m x 1.30m (estimate €24.000–€30.000) , while lot 131, an Ushak Lotto arabesque rug of the so-called ‘kilim’ type, dating to the late seventeenth century, carries an estimated price of €25,000–€30,000, while lot 25, a star Ushak, is estimates at €20,000-26,000.

Among other lots, a Salor Turkmen main carpet (Lot 71) from the last quarter of the eighteenth century, measuring 3.17m x 2.47m and rather worn, is valued at €50,000–€75,000. A Tekke Turkmen embroidered pentagonal asmalyk, lot 112, also with some wear, and a Samarkand suzani embroidery from Uzbekistan, lot 65,are both expected to fetch €12,000-14,ooo, while a Shahrisyabz embroidery, lot 14, is listed at €10,000-15,000. A good ‘classic’ Karachov Kazak, lot 132, carries an estimate of €30,ooo-40,000.