Oriental Carpets & Textiles, Christie’s London Autumn Islamic Sale, 26 October 2017

October 13, 2017

Oriental Carpets and Textiles, Christie's London Autumn Islamic Sale, 26 October 2017

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Additional highlights from Christie's, London

: Lot 284 – A Caucasian Prayer Rug, late 18th century. Silk foundation, a few repairs at either end, selvages rebound. 5ft.1in. x 3ft.4in. (155cm. x 100 cm.) £35,000-25,000

: Lot 313 – A Kazak Rug, South Caucasus, second half 19th century .Overall excellent condition. 7ft.11in. x 5ft.5in. (242cm. x 166cm.) £40,000-60,000

: Lot 265 – A South Caucasian Dragon Carpet, probably Karabagh, circa 1800. Overall wear, corroded black, border reweaves, scattered small repairs and repiling, sunfaded at one end. 17ft.9in. x 7ft.10in. (540cm. x 238cm.) £18,000-25,000

: Lot 266 – A Shadda Blanket, South Caucasus, first half 19th century . Weft face structure with extra weft wrapped patterning, two joined panels, stitched onto a fabricl backing, overall very good condition. 9ft.4in. x 5ft.11in. (285cm. x 180 cm.) £20,000-25,000

: Lot 270 – A Yomut Tuirkmen Main Carpet, West Turkmenistan, second half 18th century. A couple of localised patches of moth damage, a few small spot surface marks, selvages partially rebound, otherwise very good condition. 9ft.11in. x 5ft.7in. (301cm. x 172 cm.) £25,000-35,000

: Lot 272 – A Large Inscribed Bakhtiari Carpet, West Persia, circa 1890. Overall excellent condition. 23ft.2in. x 15ft.3in. (705cm. x 465 cm.) £15,000-20,000

: Lot 281 – A Karabagh Kelleh, South Caucasus, dated AH 1205/1791 AD. Localised spots of wear, corroded black, some loss at either end with associated repairs, otherwise good condition . 15ft.8in. x 7ft.3in. (474cm. x 220 cm.) £15,000-25,000

: Lot 312 – A North West Persian Runner, late 18th century. Even light overall wear, scattered repiling and restoration, reduced in length. 13ft.4in. x 3ft.5in. (407cm. x 105cm.) £15,000-20,000

: Lot 311 – A ‘Mohtashem’ Kashan Carpet, Central Persia, second half 19th century .Of ‘Joshagan’ design, finely woven, localised areas of wear, selvages frayed, ends nibbled. 12ft.3in. x 9ft.4in. (374cm. x 285cm.) £15,000-20,000

: Lot 306 – A West Anatolian ‘Ghirlandaio’ Rug, late 17th century. Minor light localised wear, a repaired tear and reweave to one side, a few minute cobbled repairs otherwise very good condition. 6ft.11in. x 4ft.8in. (210cm. x 141cm.) including the kilim. £40,000-60,000

: Lot 287 – A White Ground ‘Star’ Kazak Rug, South Caucasus, first half 19th century. Of ‘C’ group classification, heavy corrosion within the dark brown with associated repiling, a short tear to one side, lacking outer guard stripe at one end, selvedges rebound, ends secured. 6ft.6in. x 4ft.10in. (197cm. x 147cm.) £15,000-20,000

: Lot 224: AN EMBROIDERED FIGURAL TEXTILE FRAGMENT, SKYROS, SPORADES ISLANDS, OTTOMAN GREECE, 18TH CENTURY. Possibly from a bed cover, silk on cream linen ground, mounted, framed and glazed, the frame with mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell inlay. 15.1/2 x 12.3/4in. (39.5 x 32.4cm.) £2,000-3,000

: Lot 251 – PROPERTY FROM THE DHARMA COLLECTION. A LARGE SUZANI, SHAHRISABZ AREA, UZBEKISTAN, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY. Backed with original ikat borders, modern fringes, 108 x 79in. (274.5 x 200.6cm.) £20-30,000

: Lot 250: SUZANI, PROBABLY BUKHARA, UZBEKISTAN, 19TH CENTURY. 98 x 74in. (249 x 188cm.) £15-20,000

: Lot 254 – A LARGE OTTOMAN VELVET AND METAL THREAD PANEL, SCUTARI, ISTANBUL, 19TH CENTURY. 59 x 73in. (150 x 185cm.) £10-20,000

: Lot 253 – A FIGURAL EMBROIDERED PANEL, DODECANESE, GREECE, 19TH CENTURY. 29 x 20in. (73.8 x 50.8cm.)

: Lot 307 – A Medallion Ushak Carpet (detail), West Anatolia, Late 16th Century. Even light overall wear, corroded black, localised repiling, original long kilims secured under at either end. 10ft.5in. x 6ft.11in. (318cm. x 210cm.) GBP 35,000 – GBP 55,000

In addition to a handful of excellent textiles, Christie’s autumn ‘Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds‘ at King Street on Thursday 26 October 2017 has a separate section at the end of the sale of oriental rugs and carpets that contains a good number of top quality, antique collectable and high end decorative pieces. For an auction season that includes the much publicised celebrity offerings elsewhere (Hodgkin & Alexander), Louise Broadhurst has put together a very creditable group of 64 rugs and carpets, mainly in excellent condition.

Lot 266 – A Shadda Blanket, South Caucasus, first half 19th century. Weft face structure with extra weft wrapped patterning, two joined panels, stitched onto a material backing, overall very good condition. 9ft.4in. x 5ft.11in. (285cm. x 180 cm.) £20,000-25,000

Over the past year, Christie’s worldwide have been through a major, market-driven, corporate change in in their approach to the selling of oriental carpets and Islamic textiles and other areas of decorative arts, and rugs are now offered at the end of the hefty Islamic Art catalogue.

Lot 306 – A West Anatolian ‘Ghirlandaio’ Rug, late 17th century. Minor light localised wear, a repaired tear and reweave to one side, a few minute cobbled repairs otherwise very good condition. 6ft.11in. x 4ft.8in. (210cm. x 141cm.) £40,000-60,000 .

Turkish pieces on offer in London include a 17th century West Anatolian ‘Ghirlandaio’ rug (£40-60,000) and a very good, very decorative, large-medallion Ushak carpet (£35,000-55,000).

Lot 313 – A Kazak Rug, South Caucasus, second half 19th century. Overall excellent condition 7ft.11in. x 5ft.5in. (242cm. x 166cm.) £40,000-60,000

The selection of Caucasian rugs includes a late Karabagh Dragon carpet from a US collection (£18-25,000), while a Karabagh Kelleh, inscribed 1205 (1791 AD) with a small central medallion on an unusual lattice field and white-ground borders is estimated at £15-25,000. There is a rather worn white-ground C-type Star Kazak (£15-20,000), another rare Kazak rug of a desirable type, consigned by an Italian collector, was once in the Ralph S. Yohe collection (£40,000-60,000), a very unusual silk foundation prayer rug (£25-35,000), and a lovely black-ground tribal shadda with camels (£20-25,000).

Lot 312 – North West Persian Runner (detail), late 18th century .Even light overall wear, scattered repiling and restoration, reduced in length. 13ft.4in. x 3ft.5in. (407cm. x 105cm.) £15,000-20,000

A refined chuval-göl Yomut Turkmen main carpet, possibly 18th century is in at £25-35,000, and an inscribed Bakhtiari Khan carpet of medallion design, made around 1890 for Agha Mostafa Gholi Khan Bakhtiari, is estimated at £15-25,000. A top-notch ‘Mohtashem’ Kasham, also in a medallion design, is expected to fetch £15-25,000, as is a well known northwest Persian runner with camel ground and bold blue and white reciprocal trefoil borders, possibly 18th century, previously published by Herrmann and sold at Rippon Boswell.

Lot 250: UZBEK SUSANI, PROBABLY BUKHARA, 19TH CENTURY. 98 x 74in. (249 x 188cm.) £15,000-20,000

The textiles in the sale, which would have appeared at South Kensington in past years, include two excellent Uzbek suzani embroideries—a large Shahrisyabz with a four-and one field design from an Israeli collection at £20-30,000, and a lovely Bukhara (£15-20,000)— as well as some charming examples of Greek Island embroidery.