Preview: Carpets at Christie’s King Street, 8 October 2013

September 5, 2013

Christie' King Street, October 2013

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Christie's autumn sale of rugs and carpets at King Street, London, on 8 October 2013, includes a wide and varied range of consignments from across the carpet weaving spectrum

: Southeast Turkmenistan, late 18th or early 19th Century 8ft 7in x 7ft 2in (261cm X 218cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £18,000-24,000

: South Caucasus, Late 18th/Early 19th Century 6ft x 4ft 10in (183cm x 147cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £30,000-50,000

: 18th Century 8ft 10in x 5ft 2in (268cm X 157cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £120,000-180,000

: Probably Warangal, Central India, 18th Century 6ft x 3ft11in (183cm x 119cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £4,000-6,000

: Possibly India, Late 19th Century 13ft 3in x 8ft 11in (403cm x 271cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £10,000-15,000

: East Turkestan, circa 1800 9ft 10in x 3ft 10in (297cm x 116cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £20,000-30,000

: North China, Second Half 18th Century 11ft x 6ft 8in (335cm x 204cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £20,000-30,000

: North East Persia, Early 19th Century 26ft x 11ft 10in (790cm x 360cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £15,000-20,000

: Middle Amu Darya Region, mid 19th Century 5ft 2in x 2ft 9in (157cm x 84cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £12,000-18,000

: Middle Amu Darya Region, early 19th Century 5ft 11in x 3ft 8in (180cm x 110cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £15,000-20,000

: Middle Amu Darya Region, first half 19th Century 6ft 2in x 3ft 4in (186cm x 101cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £15,000-20,000

: Middle Amu Darya region, circa 1800 5ft 6in x 3ft 11in (168cm 118cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £20,000-30,000

: Middle Amu Darya Region, mid 19th century 6ft 7in x 3ft 6in (200cm x 107cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £12,000-18,000

: Middle Amu Darya Region, early 19th century 5ft 10in x 4ft 3in (178cm x 130cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £50,000-70,000

: South East Persia, Late 17th Century 3ft 11in x 7ft 3in (119cm x 221cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £12,000-18,000

: North India, probably Lahore, second half 17th Century 11ft 11in x 6ft 3in (363cm x 191cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £120,000-180,000

: West Persia, Dated AH 1318/1900 AD 26ft 8in x 14ft 10in (812cm x 450cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £18,000-25,000

: Central Persia, last quarter 16th Century 16ft 8in x 9ft 10in (508cm x 300cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £100,000-150,000

: Central Persia, second half 17th Century 26ft 9in x 10ft 11in (816cm x 332cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £50,000-70,000

: Ottoman Egypt, second half 16th Century 7ft 2in x 4ft 9in (218cm x145cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £10,000-15,000

: Esfahan, Central Persia, First quarter 17th Century 8ft 5in x 4ft 3in (255cm x 130cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £80,000-120,000

: South Caucasus, Mid 19th Century 4ft 9in x 5ft 8in (145cm x 172cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £20,000-30,000

: South Caucasus, Mid 19th Century 6ft 8in x 5ft 1in (204cm x 155cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £40,000-60,000

: Central Persia, circa 1880 16ft 3in x 10ft 3in (495cmx 310cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £70,000-100,000

: West Anatolia, Second Half 17th Century 6ft 2in x 4ft 4in (188cm x 132cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £12,000-18,000

: Central Anatolia, Late 17th Century 5ft x 4ft 5in (152cm x 135cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £12,000-18,000

: West Anatolia, Second half 17th Century 25ft 9in x 16ft 4in (785cm x 495cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £50,000-70,000

: Northwest China, circa 1800 4ft 2in x 2ft 4in (125cm x 71cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £8,000-12,000

: East Turkestan, First Half 19th Century 10ft 11in x 6ft 7in (330cm x 200cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £10,000-15,000

: East Turkestan, circa 1800 13ft 2in x 7ft (400cm x 211cm) Christie’s London, 8/10/2013, Estimate £15,000-25,000

In addition to the eye-catching Vanderbilt North Indian pashmina star-lattice carpet (lot 50), Christie’s autumn sale of rugs and carpets at King Street, London, on 8 October 2013, includes a wide and varied range of antique collectable and decorative material from across the carpet weaving spectrum.

The consignment – the only remaining specialist carpet sale in the London schedule – includes a classical Mughal shrub-lattice carpet, a Deccani silk rug and a silk ‘jail’ carpet from India with a well-rendered Mamluk design, as well as a Cairene floral rug, a Kerman vase carpet fragment, Esfahan silk ‘Polonaise’ and classical red-ground carpets, a brace of medallion Ushaks, and ‘Transylvanian’ and other pre- and post-1800 Turkish rugs. Other 19th century material includes a Saryk Turkmen Main Carpet and half a dozen Ersari/Beshir/Middle Amu Darya region prayer rugs, each of very different character. There is the customary consignment of 19th century Persian town carpets, figurative and otherwise, a good selection of Caucasian rugs, including a blue-ground single ‘sunburst’ carpet, a silk flatwoven ceremonial horse cover, and a well-known Karabagh medallion rug, as well as wool and silk carpets from China and East Turkestan, and other Persian, Caucasian and Turkish tribal and village rugs, and trappings.