Henry’s Carpet Collection

June 6, 2016

Highlights at Henry's

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Highlights from Henry's upcoming auction on 11 June of collectors carpets

: Lot 7277 A Bakhshaish carpet, northwest Persia, late 19th century. Henrys Auktionshaus, 11 June, estimate €3,000.

: Lot 7118 The Battenberg Medallion Ushak carpet, 17th_century. Henrys Auktionshaus, 11 June, estimate €5,000.

: Lot 7119 Transylvanian double-niche rug, west Anatolia, 17th century. Henrys Auktionshaus, 11 June, estimate €3,000.

: Lot 7120 The The Grote- Hasenbalg star Ushak carpet, 17th_century.. Henrys Auktionshaus, 11 June, estimate NR.

: Lot 7124 Early northwest Anatolian fragment, 17th_century. Henrys Auktionshaus, 11 June, estimate €2,000.

: Lot 7125 Konya Karapina kilim with_- stepped mihrab, 18th century. Henrys Auktionshaus, 11 June, estimate NR.

: Lot 7117 Part cotton Ghiordes prayer rug circa 1700. Henrys Auktionshaus, 11 June, estimate €3,000.

: Lot 7116 The Anton Danker Ladik Column Prayer Rug, 17th_century. Henrys Auktionshaus, 11 June, estimate €15,000.

: Lot 7075 Tehran millefleur rug, circa 1900 . Henrys Auktionshaus, 11 June, estimate €3,000.

: Lot 7072 Silk Mohtashem Kashan rug, 19t h century. Henrys Auktionshaus, 11 June, estimate €2,000.

: Lot 72343 Dazkiri rug with Transylvanian design, early 19th century. Henrys Auktionshaus, 11 June, estimate €3,000.

: Lot 7232 Kirman Ravar ordered by Mohammad Reza Khan Pahlavi_circa 1910. Henrys Auktionshaus, 11 June, estimate €3,000.

: Lot 7126 Konya kilim, 18th century. Henrys Auktionshaus, 11 June, estimate NR.

The latest auctioneers to offer a high quality sale of collectors’ rugs and textiles is Henry’s Auktionshaus AG in Mutterstadt, Germany. The catalogue for the 11 June sale is now available from the company’s website and has over 300 lots of antique rugs and textiles.

Lot 7116 The Anton Danker Ladik Column Prayer Rug, 17th_century. Henrys Auktionhaus, 11 June, estimate €15,000.

Lot 7116, The Anton Danker Ladik Column Prayer Rug, 17th century. Henrys Auktionshaus, 11 June, estimate €15,000.

The sale contains a wide range of collectible Anatolian kilims, Chinese and Tibetan rugs, central Asian weavings, Caucasian rugs and classical carpets with proven published pedigree. One of the highlights of the auction is lot 7116, the Anton Danker Ladik coupled-column prayer rug from the 17th century published by the Textile Museum, Washington, Batari and in the famous Schmutzler catalogue of type – its low estimate should be a guarantee of its being sold. Also of note is lot 7125, a rare and unusual Konya Karapinar kilim with a unique so-called stepped mihrab pattern dating to the 18th century. A number of 19th-century rugs and carpets like lot 7277, a Bakhshaish carpet, and some fine-quality town carpets and inscribed pictorials from Persia are also offered, all with enticingly low estimates. In addition, within the classical Anatolian carpets is a Star Ushak carpet published in the famous Grote-Hasenbalg book in 1922.