Netherhampton 12 July

Carpets, Rugs and Textiles Wednesday 12th July 2017

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Carpets, Rugs & Textiles Wednesday 12th July 2017 at 10.30am Viewing Monday 10th July 10am-5pm Tuesday 11th July 10am-5pm Morning of Sale 8.30am-10am THE CARPET STACKS WILL BE TURNED AT 2.30pm EACH VIEW DAY AND ON THE MORNING OF SALE AT 9am PROMPT Bookings: Telephone bids must be with us by 4pm on Tuesday 11th July 2017.

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CATALOGUE: £5 (POST FREE) BUYER’S PREMIUM IS 18% (inclusive of 20% VAT) The Sale, including those lots not illustrated in this catalogue, can be viewed on the following website: www.the-saleroom.com/netherhampton Page turning catalogue: www.salisburyauctioncentre.co.uk/netherhampton Front Cover: Lot 377

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TEXTILES

Lot 1 1.

Lakhai silk and cotton embroidered panel, Uzbekistan, last quarter 19th century, 40in. x 16in. 102cm. x 41cm. Some wear and small holes. Lined striped cotton. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 5

Lot 3 3.

Uzbek Lakhai embroidered mafrash panel, Uzbekistan, late 19th century, 3ft. 4in. x 1ft. 3in. 1.02m. x 0.39m. The fine red wool(?) ground embroidered with large serrated edge medallions with flowerhead centres; printed cotton lining and additional dark green cotton lining. Some wear to the ground with holes and old moth damage; some stitches rubbed or missing. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

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Uzbek suzani with plain field, Bokhara district, late 19th/early 20th century, 74in. x 42in. 188cm. x 107cm. Embroidered in coloured silks in basma stitch with traditional flowers and foliage. Some repairs in places; stitches missing in places. Lined with ikat print fabric. £250-350 (+18% BP*)

Lot 2 2.

Two Uzbek Lakhai embroidered purses, Uzbekistan, late 19th century, one embroidered both sides with geometric design; braid loop handle and bound wool, bead and metal trimmed tassel one side and two small tassels the other side; the other embroidered stylized flowers to the front with striped silk back with braid loop and silk, wool and metal thread bound tassels to each side. Together with an Uzbek needlework band, late 19th century, 100in. x 3 1/2in. 254cm. x 9cm. With remains of silk backing in places. (3) £200-300 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 4 4.

Uzbek suzani, Bokhara district, circa 1900, 95in. x 56in. 241cm. x 142cm. The yellow cotton ground embroidered in coloured silks principally in basma stitch with columns of entwining flowers and foliage. Five widths joined vertically. Some embroidery missing/ unfinished in outer narrow border. A very pretty suzani. Lined. £400-500 (+18% BP*)

6.

Small Uzbek suzani, Bokhara district, late 19th century, 62in. x 44in. 158cm. x 112cm. Cotton ground embroidered in coloured silks with all over trellised design and wide border of large flowerheads and leaves, all worked principally in basma stitch. Some stitches missing; some repairs with fabric patch one end. Unlined. Hanging rings one end. £300-400 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 7

Lot 12

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Uzbek suzani, Samarkand, about 1900-1920, worked in bright silks principally in basma stitch on a plum coloured cotton ground, appliquéd pale blue satin ribbon inner stripe, outer border of white embroidered black cotton, four widths joined horizontally, 132in. x 92in. 335cm. x 234cm. Some surface marks or colour run. Hole to one end now repaired with red silk. £150-200 (+18% BP*)

12. Ottoman black felted wool bohce, early 20th century, heavily embroidered in gold coloured metal thread with flowers and foliage; gold coloured metal thread fringing.

Unlined. Few loose stitches. £100-200 (+18% BP*)

Lot 9 9.

Uzbek ruijo (prayer) suzani, Bokhara district, late 19th century, 90in. x63in.

229cm. x 190cm. Six widths joined vertically.

Cotton ground with plain centre, the finely embroidered silk flowers and foliage forming an arch at the top extending down each side. Surface marks with repairs to the plain centre. cf. Benardout, R. Woven Stars, p. 67, pl. 75 for a remarkably similar suzani and Bausback, F. Susani (1981), pl. 21 for another example. £600-800 (+18% BP*)

Lot 10 10. Collection of eight Ottoman linen towels and towel ends, all finely embroidered with flowers and foliage in coloured silks and metal threads; one embroidered in very bright silks. Late 19th/early 20th century. Some with time stains. (8) £200-300 (+18% BP*)

Lot 8 8.

Uzbek suzani, Uzbekistan, second half 20th century, 84in. x 54in. 214cm. x 137cm.

Cotton ground embroidered in coloured silks in traditional style. Three widths joined vertically.

Bright palette. £250-350 (+18% BP*)

Lot 13 13. Ottoman Banja Luca namaslyk (prayer hanging), early 20th century, 5ft. 1in. x 3ft. 2in. 1.55m. x 0.97m. Some discolouration/dirt marks. The white felted wool ground exquisitely embroidered in gold coloured metal threads with flowers and foliage, the columns to each side supporting the floral mihrab arch. With fine metal thread fringing to all sides. Lined. £100-200 (+18% BP*)

Lot 11 11. Collection of seven Ottoman silk and metal thread embroideries comprising three towels; a towel end; a fragment; a collar and a fine cotton square embroidered in coloured silks and metal threads with flowers and foliage to the corners and borders. 19th century. Some with time stains. (7) £200-300 (+18% BP*)

netherhampton salerooms • carpet department enquiries: 01722 342044 www.salisburyauctioncentre.co.uk

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Lot 17 Lot 14 14. Palestinian embroidered robe, first half 20th century, black wool embroidered in brightly coloured silks in cross stitch to the front hem, sides and shoulders. Underarm measurement 20in., 51cm. Length from collar to hem at back 56in., 142cm. Unlined. £150-250 (+18% BP*)

17. Turkmen raw silk robe, Turkmenistan, late 19th/early 20th century, with embroidered collar, cuffs and front facings; the facings lined with red printed cotton; the robe lined with pale blue and white printed rough cotton fabric. 25in., 64cm., underarm; 41in. 104cm. Long from neckline to hem at back; sleeve length (underarm) 20in. 51cm. Some fraying and wear to blue cotton inserts to sleeves; seams coming adrift in places;. £200-300 (+18% BP*)

Lot 18 18. Uzbek blue cotton robe, Uzbekistan, early 20th century, embroidered in coloured silks to the collar, front facings, sides, back, hem and sleeves. Lined with undyed cotton with dark blue hand stitching. Side pockets and belt loops to back. 26in., 66cm. underarm across the back; 48in., 122cm. Long from neckline to hem; 22in., 56cm. Underarm sleeve length. Some fading. £250-350 (+18% BP*) Lot 15 15. Two Kurdish wool blankets, north west Persia or east Anatolia, circa 1930s-40s 106in. x 55in. 269cm. x 140cm. (Four widths) and 120in. x 65in. 305cm. x 165cm. (Three widths). Both red and blue chequerboard design Some wear; holes and small tears. (2) £100-150 (+18% BP*) Lot 19

Lot 16 16. Turkmen red silk triangular shawl, Turkmenistan, early 20th century, 57in. x 105in. 145cm. x 267cm. Finely embroidered in coloured silks with red and black silk fringing to two sides. Crude repair one side. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

19. Four books relating to Carpets and rugs comprising, Thompson, J. Carpets from the Tents, Cottages and Workshops of Asia, paperback, 1993; Carpets & Carpet Products of Turkmenistan, 1983, with text and captions in three languages including English; Azerbaijan Carpet, 1985, in slip cover; Ford, P. J. Oriental Carpet Design, hardcover and a loose leaf pamphlet, Turkmen Carpets. (5) £80-120 (+18% BP*) Lot 20 20. Interesting study collection of 16th19th century Persian and other rug and carpet fragments. (19) £100-150 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 23

Lot 21 21. Kerman or Yazd wool shawl, south east Persia, late 19th/early 20th century, 74in. x 51in. 188cm. x 130cm. Red wool ground embroidered in coloured wools. Small holes/ old moth damage, some now stabilized with net backing. £450-550 (+18% BP*)

Lot 22

23. Kashmiri fine wool turnover shawl, north India, early 20th century, 69in. 175cm.

Square, plain black centre embroidered in fine wool and silk(?) with deep border of complex boteh and floral motifs and outer panelled border. Small holes; now with cobbled seam diagonally across the shawl. £250-350 (+18% BP*)

Lot 25 25. Chinese ivory silk satin bedcover, early 20th century, 94in. x 91in. 239cm. x 231cm. Exquisitely embroidered in coloured silks with peacocks, songbirds, butterflies, insects and flowers. The silk ground shattered in many places; a panel inset one end with similar embroidery. In need of sympathetic conservation; lined and with plaited fringing to all sides. £100-200 (+18% BP*)

Lot 24

Lot 26

24. Banjara woman’s skirt, probably Maharashtra, north west India, 20th century.

Embroidered rouleau waistband; printed mid-blue/green cotton and brightly coloured silky fabric pleats at back with shisha-work (mirrorwork) and embroidered panel to one side; fabric ties. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

26. Chinese ivory silk satin bedcover, early 20th century, 88in. x 74in. 224cm. x 188cm. Exquisitely embroidered in coloured silks and couched metal threads with central medallion; small dragons in each corner; the side border with baskets of fruit and flowers, exotic birds, butterflies and auspicious objects.

Shattering to the silk ground. Quilted lining; remnants of coloured silk fringing. In need of sympathetic conservation. £100-200 (+18% BP*)

22. Indian pulkhari (shawl) Punjab, north India, first half 20th century, 96in. x 44in.

244cm. x 112cm. The black gauze ground embroidered in brightly coloured floss silks with all over flowerhead design. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 32 32. Decorative Needlework panel, possibly French, early 20th century, 26in. x 56in. 66cm. x 168cm. Two rows of tulips and other flowers on a cream background; narrow borders; lined. Two panels joined together in the centre with end borders added. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 30 Lot 27 27. Three brown silk Japanese couched metal thread embroidered rectangular panels with raised metal work details, first half 20th century, each 52in. x 21in. 132cm. x 53cm. one embroidered with hen, cockerel and chick among bamboo; the other two with two birds in flight with flowers below.

The birds with bead eyes (some missing). All unlined. (3) £100-150 (+18% BP*)

30. Pair of crewelwork-style curtains, 20th century, each 90in. x 48in. 29cm. x 122m. Linen ground embroidered in coloured wools in chain stitch with all over flowers and foliage; lined and with heading tape. Surface marks. (2) £200-300 (+18% BP*)

Lot 33 33. Needlework picture, English, 19th century, 35in. x 30in. 89cm. x 76cm. The canvas ground worked in tent stitch in coloured wools with silk, metal thread and metal bead highlights. The Rescue of Moses from among the bull-rushes. Figures in a river landscape rescuing the baby; a palm tree in the background with mountains in the distance.

Discolouration to the canvas on the edges.

Glazed and in a domed gilded frame. £100-200 (+18% BP*)

Lot 28 28. Paisley wool shawl woven with narrow floral vertical stripes in a soft palette, 2nd half 19th century. 66in. x 64in. 168cm. x 163cm. Small holes. Provenance: The shawl, inherited by the vendor’s mother on her birth in 1907 featured, draped over a chair, on the dust jacket of The Concise Encyclopaedia of Antiques, Volume Five (1961). £80-120 (+18% BP*)

34-40. No lots Lot 31 31. Long Paisley wool carriage shawl, French, late 19th century, 137in. x 63in.

348cm. x 160cm. Plain black centre with finely woven deep border of boteh motifs and flowers. Tiny hole to centre. £200-400 (+18% BP*)

Lot 29 29. Needlework embroidered picture, France, circa 1960s, 33in. x 43in. 0.84m. x 1.14m. Figure with a bow and arrow and a unicorn in woodland setting. Overall wear with stitches rubbed and missing in places. Canvas ground. Unlined. £50-80 (+18% BP*) BP* - Buyer’s Premium of 18% inclusive of VAT @ 20% • Additional fees may apply - please see Terms & Conditions

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GENERAL RUGS

Lot 41 41. An eclectic collection of weavings suitable for cushion making comprising: group of three rugs, viz: a Baluchi rug, Khorasan, north east Persia, circa 1930s, 3ft. 3in. x 2ft. 4in. 1m. x 0.71m. With brocaded ends; overall wear and corrosion; a Kazak fragment, south west Caucasus, early 20th century, 3ft. 7in. x 3ft. 1in. 1.09m. x 0.94m.

Overall wear, heavy in places; losses to ends; and a small Anatolian(?) mat woven with two pairs of rabbits, early 20th century, 1ft. 4in. x 1ft. 2in. 0.41m. x 0.36m. worn. together with a Group of six weavings, viz. an Anatolian yastik, circa 1930s, 3ft. 1in. x 1ft. 8in. 0.94m. x 0.51m. Overall wear; two Shah Savan plainweave brocaded fragments; brocaded plainweave mat; a brocaded plainweave mafrash side panel and a brocaded plainweave bag with woven wool strap and two-tone plainweave back, north west Persia(?)

20th century. Sold as a collection with all faults not subject to return. (9) £50-100 (+18% BP*)

Lot 43 43. Ersari Turkmen prayer rug, north east Afghanistan, circa 1930s, 4ft. 6in. x 3ft. 1.37m. x 0.91m. Overall wear; losses to ends; small ‘bites’ to sides. £50-100 (+18% BP*)

Lot 45 45. Kurdish rug, north west Persia, circa 1920s-30s, 7ft. 2in. x 3ft. 9in. 2.18m. x 1.14m.

Overall wear with several rewoven areas; losses to ends; and slight fraying to selvedges. Central column of quartered Memling-style guls on a dark brown/black field. £100-120 (+18% BP*)

Lot 44

Lot 42 42. Three flatweaves comprising an Indian dhurrie, 20th century, 6ft. 7in. x 4ft. 2.01m. x 1.22m. Geometric design in ivory on a pale pink field; a Middle Eastern wool kelim, modern, 7ft. 4in. x 2ft. 11in. 2.24m. x 0.89m.

Ivory field woven with a geometric design in bright palette; and a Mexican serape blanket, north America, mid-20th century, 68in. x 32in.

1.73m. x 0.81m. Woven in vibrant colours with a diamond shape central medallion. (3) £50-100 (+18% BP*)

44. Baluchi rug, Khorasan, north east Persia, early 20th century, 4ft. 10in. x 2ft. 10in.

1.47m. x 0.86m. Overall wear with corrosion to dark browns; rewoven lower right corner.

All over lattice and Memling gul design. £80-120 (+18% BP*)

Lot 46 46. Two European flatweaves, the first probably from the Balkan peninsula, mid-20th century, the first a kelim, 6ft. 1in. x 3ft. 1in. 1.86m. x 0.94m. the stone coloured field with diagonal rows of potted specimen flowers within a terracotta border, hanging loops to one long side; the second a knitted rug, 20th century, 6ft. 6in. x 4ft. 5in., 1.98m. x 1.35m. ivory geometric design on a dark brown field, unlined. (2) £100-150 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 49 49. Tabriz rug, north west Persia, mid-20th century, 5ft. x 3ft. 7in. 1.52m. x 1.09m. light red cartouche shaped field enclosed within a pale blue strapwork outline; central ivory medallion and biscuit coloured spandrels; ivory palmette and floral main border. £150-200 (+18% BP*) Lot 47

Lot 51 51. Mazlaghan rug, north west Persia, circa 1920s, 6ft. 2in. x 4ft. 2in. 1.88m. x 1.27m. Slight wear in places; slight losses to ends. A very pretty example of this well-known group with close clipped velvety wool and good, varied palette; medium handle. £300-400 (+18% BP*)

47. Two Melas rugs, west Anatolia, late 20th century, the first, 6ft. 6in. x 2ft. 10in.

1.98m. x 0.86m.; the second 4ft. 5in. x 2ft. 8in. 1.35m. x 0.81m. Both woven with a good depth of pile in a soft palette. Both recently professionally cleaned. (2) £80-120 (+18% BP*)

Lot 48 48. Kashmiri silk rug, north India, second half 20th century, 6ft. x 4ft. 1in. 1.83m. x 1.25m. Dark blue cartouche shaped field with central medallion and all over flowers and foliage; floral main light red/brown border and pale gold floral guards. £150-200 (+18% BP*)

Lot 50

Lot 52

50. Two rugs: the first a Kurdish rug, Hamadan area, north west Persia, second half 20th century, 7ft. 2in. x 4ft. 1in. 2.18m. x 1.25m. Slight loss to lower end. All over medallions on a camel coloured field; three narrow floral borders. The second a Bergama rug, west Anatolia, mid-20th century, 3ft. x 3ft. 4in. 0.91m. x 1.02m. Losses to ends.

Lesghi-type star on a red field. (2) £100-150 (+18% BP*)

52. Bijar rug, north west Persia, second half 20th century, 5ft. 3in. x 3ft. 8in. 1.60m. x 1.12m. Inscription in lower outer ivory guard.

Small surface marks in places. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 53

Lot 55

Lot 57

53. Bijar rug, north west Persia, second half 20th century, 4ft. 10in. x 3ft. 4in. 1.47m. x 1.02m. Leatherette strips to long sides verso. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

55. Kars Kazak rug, east Anatolia, mid-20th century, 7ft. 1in. x 4ft. 11in. 2.16m. x 1.50m. Slight losses to flatweave ends. Large Sewan Kazak medallion on a pale blue field and ivory border. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

57. Hamadan rug, north west Persia, circa 1920s, 6ft. 4in. x 3ft. 9in. 1.93m. x 1.14m.

Slight wear; slight losses to ends; slight fraying to selvedges. All over herati design on a dark blue field with pale blue main border. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 56

Lot 58

56. Two Anatolian rugs, mid-20th century, the first 4ft. 5in. x 3ft. 4in. 1.35m. x 1.02m. Two blue octagons with hooked medallions within and inner star centres; the second 4ft. 3in. x 2ft. 6in. 1.30m. x 0.76m.

Slight wear and slight losses to ends. Mid-blue central lozenge and khamtoz border. (2) £100-150 (+18% BP*)

58. Hamadan rug, north west Persia, early 20th century, 6ft. x 3ft. 6in. 1.83m. x 1.07m.

Overall wear; losses to ends; reweave to upper field. Camel field with all over design.

Together with an Anatolian prayer rug; Konya area, early 20th century, 4ft. 11in. x 3ft. 3in., 1.50m. x 1m. Overall wear, heavy in places; small holes; crease marks in places; losses to ends. (2) £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 54 54. Bijar rug, north west Persia, second half 20th century, 5ft. 4in. x 3ft. 7in. 1.63m. x 1.09m. Red field with central medallion and narrow ivory main border. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 59 59. European carpet fragment, possibly Wilton, 19th century, 6ft. 11in. x 5ft. 3in.

2.11m. x 1.60m. Holes, repairs, joins and assorted damage. Turkish knots; soft palette Clearly once part of a very impressive carpet of grand design; in need of sympathetic conservation. £200-300 (+18% BP*)

Lot 63

Lot 61 61. Two rugs: Sparta rug, south west Anatolia, circa 1930s, 4ft. 10in. x 2ft. 7in.

1.47m. x 1.12m. Cream field swags of flowers; soft palette. Together with an Afghan Baluchi prayer rug, north east Afghanistan, circa 1930s-40s, 4ft. 2in. x 2ft. 8in. 1.27m. x 0.81m. (2) £100-150 (+18% BP*)

63. Esfahan rug with ivory field, central Persia, circa 1950s, 5ft. 5in. x 3ft. 5in. 1.65m. x 1.04m. Few surface marks on the ivory field.

Minor losses/’bites’ to ends. Remnants of old glue verso to each end. Brittle foundation.

Finely woven with close clipped velvety wool. £100-300 (+18% BP*)

Lot 64 64. Pair of Tabriz pictorial rugs, north west Persia, circa 1920s, each woven on the short axis, 4ft. 8in. x 6ft. 7in. 1.42m. x 2.01m.

Some wear and corrosion in places. Ivory cartouche shaped fields filled with animals, birds, trees and flowers around a pond; strapwork and floral main border. (2) £1000-1200 (+18% BP*)

Lot 60 60. Joshaghan rug, north west Persia, circa 1930s-40s, 6ft. 7in. x 4ft. 3in. 2.01m. x 1.30m. Some wear in places. Diamond shaped dark blue field with vases of flowers; pale blue trellised main border with floral cartouches.

Soft palette and robust handle. £150-200 (+18% BP*)

Lot 62 62. Two gabbeh rugs, south west Persia, circa 1930s, the first 5ft. 8in. x 3ft. 10in.

1.73m. x 1.17m. Central geometric medallion on an ivory field. Lustrous wool. The second, 6ft. 8in. x 3ft. 5in. 2.03m. x 1.04m. Slight even wear. Four camel coloured medallions on an ivory field. (2) £100-150 (+18% BP*) BP* - Buyer’s Premium of 18% inclusive of VAT @ 20% • Additional fees may apply - please see Terms & Conditions

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Lot 65 65. Tafresh ivory field rug, north west Persia, circa 1930s, 6ft. 5in. x 4ft. 5in. 1.96m. x 1.35m. Small areas of old moth damage; split to field centre right.; some surface marks. £250-300 (+18% BP*)

Lot 67

Lot 69

67. Bijar ghileem, Kurdistan, north west Persia, second half 19th century, 7ft. 5in. x 4ft. 2in. 2.26m. x 1.27m. Minor repairs in places.

A ghileem of great presence, finely woven in a strikingly bold palette. Note the two pairs of small white birds at either end of the central medallion, with another pair woven in brown in the ivory spandrels; unusual main border of green and terracotta interlocking cartouches. cf. Hull, A. And Luczyc-Wyhowska, J. Kilim, pp. 189-191 pl. 172 which illustrates a border of very similar design to that of our ghileem. £500-800 (+18% BP*)

69. Kashan prayer rug, west Persia, early 20th century, 6ft. 6in. x 4ft. 3in. 1.98m. x 1.30m. Overall even wear with slight losses to ends. Fine, close clipped velvety wool. Very pretty rug; the dark blue mihrab with vase of well-drawn flowers and foliage; light red floral spandrels; light red main border of cypress trees and vases of flowers extending into both ivory guards. £200-300 (+18% BP*)

Lot 66 66. Saruk rug, north west Persia, circa 1930s-40s, 7ft. x 4ft. 2in. 2.13m. x 1.27m.

Note the two-tone ivory and very pale yellow centre medallion. Rich palette, good pile and robust handle. £600-700 (+18% BP*)

Lot 70

Lot 68

70. Kashan rug, west Persia, circa 1920s, 6ft. 9in. x 4ft. 3in. 2.05m. x 1.30m. Classic design with pale blue, ivory and light red centre medallion and spandrels; velvety wool and medium handle. £600-700 (+18% BP*)

68. Nain silk rug with ivory field, central Persia, mid-20th century, 6ft. x 3ft. 9in. 1.83m. x 1.14m. Central medallion and scrolling flowers on the ivory cartouche shape field with pretty pale blue details. Soft palette and handle. £500-700 (+18% BP*) netherhampton salerooms • carpet department enquiries: 01722 342044 www.salisburyauctioncentre.co.uk

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Lot 71

Lot 73

Lot 75

71. Lahore rug, north India, mid-20th century, 7ft. 3in. x 5ft. 2in. 2.21m. x 1.58m.

Pale blue centre medallion on an ivory cartouche shape field with pale blue spandrels and main border. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

73. Tabriz prayer rug, north west Persia, early 20th century, 6ft. 3in. x 4ft. 7in. 1.91m. x 1.40m. Close clipped velvety wool. All over herati design in the black field mihrab with supporting side columns; pale floral spandrels and main border. Finely woven with a soft palette in the manner of ‘Haji Jalili’ rugs.

Possibly woven in the nearby town of Marand. £350-450 (+18% BP*)

75. Agra rug, north India, last quarter 19th century, 8ft. x 4ft. 2.44m. x 1.22m. Some wear and corrosion to black in places; slight loss and damage to lower end. Note the pretty pale blue and ‘Agra’ red details throughout the herati design field. £600-700 (+18% BP*)

Lot 72

Lot 76

72. Tabriz rug, north west Persia, early 20th century, 6ft. 6in. x 4ft. 6in. 1.98m. x 1.37m.

Slight losses to ends and fraying to sides. Light red field with all over Shah Abbas design. Rich palette with close clipped velvety wool. £300-400 (+18% BP*)

Lot 74 74. Modern ‘art’ silk rug, mid-20th century, 3ft. 10in. x 2ft. 6in. 1.17m. x 0.76m.

The central medallion within a circlet of birds; the ivory field filled with tiny animals, birds, vases of flowers, samovars, all hidden among flowers and foliage. Finely woven in a soft palette. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

76. Saruk rug with ivory field, north west Persia, late 19th century, 4ft. 3in. x 2ft. 9in.

1.30m. x 0.84m. Overall even wear with repairs and reweaves in places; some colour run. Note: this rug is lacking its main border and outer guards. The sides now rebound in red wool.

Very finely woven with close clipped velvety wool. £800-900 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 77

Lot 79

Lot 81

77. Modern silk rug, in the style of an Anatolian rug, second half 20th century, 5ft. 2in. x 2ft. 11in. 1.58m. x 0.89m. A rug of excellent quality and rich palette. Flowers and foliage on a cartouche shaped deep red field with dark blue central medallion and main border and pale gold guards. £400-500 (+18% BP*)

79. Qum rug, south central Persia, second half 20th century, 7ft. 4in. x 4ft. 5in. 2.24m. x 1.35m. Deep gold cartouche shape field with central medallion; ivory main border. Robust handle. £700-800 (+18% BP*)

81. Senneh rug, Hamadan area, north west Persia, circa 1920s-30s, 6ft. 3in. x 4ft. 3in.

1.91m. x 1.30m. Overall even wear with losses to ends. All over large medallion design; narrow red main border. Lustrous wool and rich palette. £300-400 (+18% BP*)

Lot 80 Lot 78 78. Malayer rug, north west Persia, early 20th century, 6ft. 2in. x 4ft. 3in. 1.88m. x 1.30m. Overall even wear; small area of old moth damage top end; slight colour run in places. Three diamond shape medallions filled with herati design. Finely woven with close clipped wool. Bright palette. £1000-1500 (+18% BP*)

80. Heriz rug, north west Persia, early 20th century, 6ft. 3in. x 4ft. 8in. 1.91m. x 1.42m. Overall wear; slight losses to ends. £300-350 (+18% BP*)

Lot 82 82. Hamadan rug, north west Persia, early 20th century, 7ft. x 3ft. 7in. 2.13m. x 1.09m.

Overall wear; crease marks; losses to ends.

Camel field with all over design. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 83

Lot 85

Lot 87

83. Kashan ‘boteh’ rug, west Persia, circa 1930s-40s, 4ft. 11in. x 3ft. 6in. 1.50m. x 1.07m. Overall even wear; slight losses to ends; patch to lower right side verso. Ivory field with diagonal rows of ‘boteh’ motifs. £150-250 (+18% BP*)

85. Saruk embossed rug, north west Persia, second half 20th century, 4ft. 9in. x 3ft. 3in. 1.45m. x 1m. Overall wear to the flatweave ground. £80-120 (+18% BP*)

87. Kars Kazak rug, east Anatolia, second half 20th century, 8ft. 2in. x 5ft. 10in. 2.49m. x 1.78m. Overall even wear. Pin wheel design on a light red field. £200-250 (+18% BP*)

Lot 86

Lot 88

86. Silk Kashan rug, west Persia, circa 1950s-60s 7ft. x 4ft. 4in. 2.13m. x 1.32m.

Red cartouche shaped field with ivory and turquoise centre medallion and spandrels; dark blue main border. Turquoise highlights. Finely woven in a rich palette. £600-700 (+18% BP*)

88. Fine Esfahan rug, central Persia, circa 1930s-40s, 5ft. x 3ft. 4in. 1.52m. x 1.02m.

Ivory field with all over hunting design. Ivory flower and bird main border within pale green guards. Finely woven in the manner of Serafian rugs. Leatherette strips to each side verso. £600-800 (+18% BP*)

Lot 84 84. Pair of Esfahan rugs, south central Persia, circa 1920s-30s, 7ft. 2in. x 4ft. 7in.

2.18m. x 1.40m. Both with narrow band of wear across the top of the field; other tiny areas of wear/old moth damage. Close clipped velvety wool. Dark blue field with soft rose central medallion and main border. £350-450 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 89

Lot 91

Lot 93

89. Malayer rug, north west Persia, circa 1920s, 6ft. 1in. x 4ft. 4in. 1.86m. x 1.32m.

Overall wear; losses to ends. Narrow ivory centre panel filled with red flowers and boteh motifs within three wide borders. £200-250 (+18% BP*)

91. Saruk rug, north west Persia, early 20th century, 6ft. 8in. x 4ft. 2in. 2.03m. x 1.27m.

Overall light wear with losses to top end. Dark blue cartouche shape field with light red and ivory inner medallions and spandrels; dark blue main border. Rich palette. £350-450 (+18% BP*)

93. Kashan rug, west Persia, early 20th century, 6ft. 7in. x 4ft. 3in. 2.01m. x 1.30m.

Slight fraying to ends. Finely woven with close clipped velvety wool of classic design in the Motashem style. cf. Aschenbrenner, E. Oriental Rugs, Vol. 2, Persian Rugs, pp. 195-197, pls. 99 and 101. £500-700 (+18% BP*)

Lot 90 90. Senneh rug, Hamadan area, north west Persia, circa 1930s-40s, 6ft. 6in. x 4ft. 6in.

1.98m. x 1.37m. Ivory, light red and mid-blue concentric medallions, dark blue spandrels; narrow borders. Lustrous wool and robust handle. £400-500 (+18% BP*)

Lot 92 92. Pair of Kashan rugs, west Persia, early 20th century, 6ft. 7in. x 4ft. 5in. 2.01m. x 1.35m. Curling to selvedges in places.

Classic floral Kashan design. Red cartouche shaped fields with dark blue and ivory centre medallions; pale blue and pale apricot spandrels; dark blue main border. Close clipped velvety wool; robust handle. (2) £800-1000 (+18% BP*)

Lot 94 94. Indian dhurrie, circa 1920s, 8ft. 9in. x 5ft. 11in. 2.67m. x 1.80m. Some surface marks and some repairs and patches to field. Pale blue field with all over diamond shape medallions.

Woven in an attractive pastel palette. £400-500 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 95 95. Kerman rug, south east Caucasus, circa 1920s, 8ft. 2in. x 4ft. 11in. 2.49m. x 1.50m. Slight wear in places. Very pretty, well designed rug;. Dark blue field with ivory centre medallion; ivory floral and strapwork main border with lozenge corners. Close clipped velvety wool. £400-600 (+18% BP*)

Lot 122 Lot 120 120. Kurdish ghileem runner, north west Persia, early 20th century, 18ft. 10in. x 3ft. 11in. 5.74m. x 1.20m. Some wear, holes and small repairs; losses to ends. £200-300 (+18% BP*)

Lot 96

Lot 123

96. Afghan goat hair palas (striped flatweave floor covering); Afghanistan, mid-20th century, 9ft. 2in. x 4ft. 6in. 2.80m. x 1.37m. £100-150 (+18% BP*) 97-119. No lots

122. Malayer runner, north west Persia, circa 1930s, 15ft. 11in. x 3ft. 6in. 4.85m. x 1.07m. Slight wear in places. Dark blue field with all over design; pale blue spandrels and narrow light red border. Rich palette and robust handle. £300-400 (+18% BP*)

Lot 121 121. Bijar runner, north west Persia, circa 1920s-30s, 15ft. 11in. x 3ft. 8in. 4.85m. x 1.12m. Overall wear, heavier in some places; some repiling. Dark blue field with a central row of medallions. Robust handle. £300-350 (+18% BP*)

123. Kurdish runner, north west Persia, early 20th century, 15ft. 5in. x 3ft. 5in. 4.70m. x 1.04m. Overall wear; holes and damage to lower end; ‘bites’ and damages to left side.

Dark blue field with all over polychrome medallions; tiny birds and animals. £200-250 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 124

Lot 126

124. North west Persian runner, Hamadan area, circa 1920s, 14ft. 3in. x 3ft. 4in. 4.34m. x 1.02m. Selvedges rebound. Mid-blue field with large medallion design, the medallions and field woven with the herati design, within a wide ivory main border. Note the two tiny human figures taking shelter under the lower edge of the top ivory medallion. £250-300 (+18% BP*)

126. Two Karabakh runners, the first: Lampa-Karabakh runner, south west Caucasus, late 19th century, 14ft. x 3ft. 4in.

4.27m. x 1.02m. Overall wear, heavy in places; small repairs; losses to ends. Faded. Bird and medallion design. The second: Karabakh runner fragment, south west Caucasus, late 19th/early 20th century, 8ft. 5in. x 3ft. 9in.

2.56m. x 1.14m. Reduced in length both ends.

Overall wear; heavy in places; splits to ends. (2) £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 128 128. Heriz runner, north west Persia, circa 1940s-50s, 13ft. 2in. x 3ft. 4in. 4.01m. x 1.02m. Some wear in places; losses to ends.

Dark brown field with pale yellow main border. £250-300 (+18% BP*)

Lot 125 125. Bakhshaish runner with pale blue field, Heriz area, north west Persia, early 20th century, 14ft. 2in. x 3ft. 4in. 4.32m. x 1.02m.

Overall wear and corrosion to dark brown in places; slight unravelling of the plaited flatweave ends. Note the tiny birds, animals and human figures scattered in the field around the central stepped pole medallion.

Harvey Nichols label lower end verso. £800-1000 (+18% BP*)

Lot 127 127. Heriz runner, north west Persia, early 20th century, 13ft. 10in. x 3ft. 9in. 4.22m. x 1.14m. Corrosion to dark brown in places; crease marks top right border; square hole (probably originally for a bell push) to field top end left side; slight losses to ends. Note the pretty pale blue details and narrow floral guards. £250-300 (+18% BP*)

Lot 129 129. Sarkoy flatweave runner, Balkans, eastern Europe, early 20th century, 13ft. x 4ft. 6in. 3.96m. x 1.37m. Slight wear; small repair in field. Red field with midnight blue border. £300-350 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 130

Lot 132

130. Karaja ‘boteh’ runner, north west Persia/south Caucasus, early 20th century, 13ft. x 3ft. 2in. 3.96m. x 0.97m. Some wear in places; repairs to top end; repaired crease mark lower end. Dark blue field with diagonal rows of boteh motifs, the first three rows horizontal at the lower end; at the top end of the runner are a line of repeated illegible ‘dates’; interlock main border and ivory guards. Barin Carpets tape each end verso. cf. Bennett, I. Oriental Rugs, Vol. 1. Caucasian, pp. 164-165 for this particular group. £450-550 (+18% BP*)

132. Kurdish ‘boteh’ runner, north west Persia, early 20th century, 12ft. 2in. x 3ft. 1in.

3.71m. x 0.94m. Some areas of wear with a few crease marks. Selvedges rebound. Dark blue field with horizontal rows of colourful floral boteh motifs; ivory floral main border. £200-300 (+18% BP*)

Lot 134 134. ‘American’ Saruk runner, north west Persia, circa 1940s-50s, 11ft. 3in. x 2ft. 8in.

3.43m. x 0.81m. Light red field with all over floral motifs; dark blue floral main border. £300-400 (+18% BP*)

Lot 135

Lot 131 131. Kurdish runner, north west Persia, circa 1920s, 12ft. 10in. x 3ft. 3in. 3.90m. x 1m. Overall wear with slight loss and repair to lower end. All over small ivory medallion design on a pale walnut field. £150-200 (+18% BP*)

Lot 133 133. Narrow Baluchi brocaded flatweave runner, Khorasan, north east Persia, first half 20th century, 11ft. 7in. x 2ft. 6in. 3.53m. x 0.76m. £100-200 (+18% BP*)

135. Sarab runner (fragmented), north west Persia, circa 1900, 10ft. 11in. x 3ft. 6in. 3.33m. x 1.07m. Reduced in length by horizontal cut at lower end, now skillfully re-joined. Overall wear, heavier in some places. Some reweaves.

All sides rebound. £300-400 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 138

Lot 136

Lot 137

136. Hamadan runner, north west Persia, circa 1940s, 9ft. 7in. x 2ft. 11in. 2.92m. x 0.89m.

Some wear in places. £80-120 (+18% BP*)

137. Very narrow Saraband runner, north west Persia, early 20th century, 9ft. 5in. x 1ft. 10in. 2.87m. x 0.55m. Overall wear. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

138. Kalardasht runner, Mazanderan province, north west Persia, circa 1920s,.

8ft. 11in. x 3ft. 3in. 2.72m. x 1m. Overall even wear with some corrosion to dark brown; small repairs. £250-300 (+18% BP*) 139-150. No lots

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Lot 151

Lot 152

151. Kerman carpet (reduced), south east Persia, mid-20th century, 17ft. 11in. x 12ft. 5in. 5.46m. x 3.78m. Reduced in length by a horizontal cut at the lower end of the field; the cut and rejoin being almost imperceptible; the reduction appears to be only 2in. measuring from the end of the central medallion. Small surface mark lower right side field. Plain ivory/cream field with central pale blue floral medallion repeated in the wide mid-blue floral main border with pale blue guards.

A very pretty design. £300-400 (+18% BP*)

152. Kerman carpet, south east Persia, circa 1960s, 16ft. 5in. x 13ft. 5m. 5m. x 3.96m. Leatherette strips to each selvedge. Dark blue field with deep-red and pale blue central medallion; arabesque palmettes and flowers with pale blue details; pale blue spandrels; deep red main border within ivory, pale blue and ochre floral guards. Inscription cartouche in outer guard top end. Pretty, classical design in a rich palette. £700-1000 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 157 157. Turkmen design carpet, Khorasan, north east Persia, modern production, 13ft. 3in. x 9ft. 8in. 4.04m. x 2.94m. Re-weave to left side border top end; other reweaves and small repairs in places. Lustrous wool and soft handle. £300-400 (+18% BP*)

Lot 153 153. Good Senneh ghileem kelleh, north west Persia, late 19th/early 20th century, 16ft. 3in. x 7ft. 8in. 4.95m. x 2.34m. Dark blue field closely filled with the herati design; narrow red main border and blue guards. Finely woven in a typical bold palette. £2000-3000 (+18% BP*)

Lot 158 158. Mashad carpet with inscription, Khorasan area, north east Persia, circa 1930s, 13ft. 2in. x 10ft. 5in. 4.01m. x 3.17m.

Inscription cartouche at lower end woven with the date 1349 (AH) [1930 AD]. Walnut brown cartouche shaped field with dark brown and pink central floral medallions with turquoise highlights; mid-blue floral spandrels; dark brown floral main border and apricot guards. £300-500 (+18% BP*)

Lot 154 154. Mahal carpet, north west Persia, circa 1920s-30s, 14ft. 3in. x 11ft. 1in. 4.34m. x 3.38m. Overall wear, heavy in some places; some old moth damage; with repairs, holes, splits and repiling to top end. Light red field with all over design. £300-400 (+18% BP*)

Lot 159 Lot 156 156. Mahal kelleh, north west Persia, circa 1920s, 13ft. 4in. x 5ft. 1in. 4.06m. x 1.55m.

Overall wear; heavier in some places. £300-350 (+18% BP*)

Lot 155 155. Kerman carpet, south east Persia, circa 1950s, 13ft. 7in. x 9ft. 10in. 4.14m. x 3m.

Surface mark/discolouration to outside edge of field left side, centre. Dark blue field with pale blue and ivory centre medallion and floral details. £300-400 (+18% BP*)

159. Saraband carpet, north west Persia, circa 1930s-40s, 12ft. 5in. x 9ft. 1in. 3.78m. x 2.77m. Slight losses to ends. Red field with all over small boteh; typical Saraband ivory guards flanking the pink/red main border. Robust handle. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 160 160. Tabriz carpet, north west Persia, circa 1930s-40s, 12ft. 4in. x 9ft. 3.76m. x 2.75m.

Some wear in places. Light terracotta field with central medallion; mid-blue spandrels and ivory main border. All over well-drawn flowers and foliage. Lustrous wool and soft palette.

Robust handle. £400-600 (+18% BP*)

Lot 161 161. Feraghan carpet, north west Persia, second half 19th century, 12ft. 3in. x 9ft. 6in. 3.73m. x 2.90m. Overall even wear; repaired crease marks in places; wide fabric band to all edges verso.

Ivory, dark blue and terracotta concentric medallions and ivory spandrels with all over herati design; narrow flowerhead and foliage terracotta main border. Finely woven with velvety wool.

Soft palette and soft handle. £2000-3000 (+18% BP*) 164. Bakhtiari carpet, Chahar Mahal Valley, south west Persia, circa 1930s 12ft. x 8ft. 8in.

3.66m. x 2.64m. Slight wear in places; slight losses to ends. Red field with ivory centre medallion and spandrels; ivory main border. Bright palette. £300-400 (+18% BP*)

Lot 162 162. Moldovan kelim, eastern Europe, late 20th century, 12ft. 3in. x 7ft. 4in. 3.73m. x 2.24m. Dark brown field with all over flowers and foliage; and ivory foliate cartouche frame to the centre; pale yellow floral main border.

Bright palette. £200-250 (+18% BP*)

Lot 164 165. Tabriz carpet, north west Persia, early 20th century, 11ft. 11in. x 10ft. 1in. 3.63m. x 3.07m.

Overall wear; heavier in some places. Pale coloured field within midblue floral main border.

Lustrous wool. £400-500 (+18% BP*)

Lot 163 163. Bijar carpet, north west Persia, circa 1930s, 12ft. 2in. x 9ft. 3in. 3.71m. x 2.82m.

Slight wear to lower right side field; small split to field, right side top. Rich palette and robust handle. £600-700 (+18% BP*)

Lot 165

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Lot 166 166. Mashad carpet, Khorasan area, north east Persia, circa 1930s-40s, 11ft. 11in. x 8ft. 10in. 3.63m. x 2.69m. With inscription cartouche in main border top end. Some wear in places. Very pretty carpet with pale blue cartouche shape field, central medallion; dark blue floral main border and ivory guards. £700-800 (+18% BP*)

Lot 168 168. Tabriz ‘Haji Jalili’ carpet, north west Persia, late 19th century, 11ft. 10in. x 8ft. 5in.

3.60m. x 2.56m. Overall wear; slightly heavier in some places with repairs and small reweaves.

Slate blue cartouche shape field with central medallion and spandrels; pale yellow faded to ivory main border and rich terracotta red guards. Lustrous close clipped velvety wool; typical overall soft palette. £1500-2000 (+18% BP*)

Lot 167 167. Mashad carpet, Khorasan, north east Persia, circa 1920s-30s, 11ft. 10in. x 9ft. 4in.

3.60m. x 2.85m. Some wear; splits to upper right side outer border and main border. colour brocaded ends. £200-250 (+18% BP*)

Lot 170

Lot 169 169. Feraghan carpet of all over boteh and lattice design, north west Persia, second half 19th century, 11ft. 7in. x 7ft. 2in. 3.53m. x 2.18m. Overall wear with some repiling and reweaving in places; small holes; outer guard rewoven lower end. Dark blue field with boteh motifs arranged in diagonal rows on a strapwork lattice; small animals and birds taking refuge to the sides of the field; ivory main border. Lustrous wool; soft palette and soft handle. £700-900 (+18% BP*)

170. European carpet, possibly Austrian, first half 20th century, 11ft. 6in. x 10ft. 4in. 3.50m. x 3.15m. Some small holes and splits. Hessian tape to all edges verso. Central green and pink medallion on a ton-sur-ton pink and red field; green main border with coat of arms type motifs.

Bright palette; deep pile and robust handle. £1500-2000 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 171

Lot 174

171. Two Caucasian carpets: Shirvan ‘boteh’ carpet, dark blue field, south east Caucasus, late 19th/early 20th century, 11ft. 2in. x 5ft. 3in. 3.40m. x 1.60m. Overall wear, heavy in places; damage/fraying to sides; ‘bites’ to lower corners. Together with a Kazak carpet, south west Caucasus, early 20th century, 8ft. 8in. x 5ft. 9in. 2.64m. x 1.75m. Overall wear, heavy in places with crease marks. (2) £100-150 (+18% BP*)

174. Saraband ‘boteh’ carpet, north west Persia, mid-20th century, 10ft. 7in. x 7ft. 3.23m. x 2.13m. Small surface mark; ‘bite’ to lower right corner. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 176 176. Bakhtiari carpet, Chahar Mahal Valley, south west Persia, circa 1920s-30s, 10ft. 5in. x 5ft. 7in. 3.17m. x 1.70m. Note the wool foundation and the piled details to the flatwoven ends. £300-350 (+18% BP*)

Lot 175

Lot 172 172. Kashan carpet, west Persia, circa 1950s, 10ft. 11in. x 7ft. 3.33m. x 2.13m. Five colour Kashan with floral design on an ivory field. Some surface marks. £400-450 (+18% BP*)

175. Tabriz carpet with inscription and date (indistinct) in the top outer guard, north west Persia, circa 1930s, 10ft. 6in. x 7ft. 1in.

3.20m. x 2.16m. Surface mark in lower right corner; other small surface marks and small areas of old moth damage. Note the hunting design of the soft rose field around the central medallion and the figures in the main border. £300-350 (+18% BP*)

Lot 173

Lot 177 177. Qum carpet of ‘boteh’ and ‘moharammat’ (cane) design, south central Persia, second half 20th century, 10ft. x 6ft. 2in. 3.05m. x 1.88m. Recently professionally cleaned. £200-300 (+18% BP*)

173. Mahal carpet, north west Persia, circa 1920s 10ft. 8in. x 7ft. 6in. (lower end) to 6ft. 7in at top end. 3.25m. x 2.29m. - 2.01m. top end. Slight wear in places. Note: this carpet is wider at the lower end. All over flowers on a light terracotta field; pale blue corners; dark blue main border. Lustrous wool, rich palette and soft handle. £300-400 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 178 178. Khamseh carpet, Fars, south west Persia, circa 1930s, 9ft. 8in. x 7ft. 3in. 2.94m. x 2.21m. Overall wear; heavier in some places.

Three rows of medallions on a dark blue field; small herds of animals and small birds to the sides of the field; multiple borders. Lustrous wool and good palette. £100-200 (+18% BP*)

Lot 181 181. Tabriz carpet of hunting design, north west Persia, circa 1930s, 9ft. 6in. x 5ft. 11in. 2.90m. x 1.80m. Small areas of wear.

Dark blue field with central medallion; pale green bird and palmette main border. Overall soft palette. £500-600 (+18% BP*)

Lot 184 184. Khotan carpet, Xinjiang, east Turkestan, mid-20th century, 8ft. 7in. x 5ft. 2.62m. x 1.52m. Rows of flowerhead roundels on a pink field. £100-200 (+18% BP*)

Lot 179 179. European carpet woven on the short axis, probably Austrian, early 20th century, 9ft. 8in. x 4ft. 10in. 2.95m. x 1.47m. Plain walnut brown field with sprays of flowers in each corner and in the corners of the pale stone coloured main border. Stencilled number verso 31215. £100-200 (+18% BP*)

Lot 182 182. Needlework carpet, second half 20th century, 9ft. 5in. x 7ft. 4in. 2.87m. x 2.24m.

Small areas of light colour run. Lined. Panelled design worked with sprays of flowers including roses and tulips; all in a pleasing soft palette. £200-300 (+18% BP*)

Lot 185 185. Shahsavan ghileem, north west Persia, mid-20th century, 8ft. 6in. x 6ft. 1in. 2.59m. x 1.86m. Some small holes. Plain horizontal bands in a soft palette. £600-700 (+18% BP*)

Lot 180 180. Moldovan kelim woven with initials AH, eastern Europe, late 20th century, 9ft. 6in. x 7ft. 7in. 2.90m. x 2.31m. Small holes and slight damage one end. Black field with large spray of flowers to centre within foliate ‘C’ scroll frame; initials AH. to one corner; roses and other flowers in the wide border. £200-250 (+18% BP*)

Lot 183 183. Moldovan kelim, eastern Europe, late 20th century, 8ft. 8in. x 6ft. 3in. 2.64m. x 1.91m. Dark brown field with all over large flowers and ‘C’ scroll foliage with urns of flowers diagonally in each corner. Bright palette. £200-250 (+18% BP*)

Lot 186 186. Fayli Lor carpet, Fars, south west Persia, circa 1930s, 8ft. 2in. x 5ft. 2in. 2.49m. x 1.58m. Losses to lower end. Bright palette; brown ‘tree’ border; robust handle. £150-200 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 187 187. Fars carpet, Shiraz area, south west Persia, circa 1930s-40s, 8ft. 2in. x 5ft. 2in.

2.49m. x 1.58m. Slight loss to lower end.

Bright palette; robust handle. £200-300 (+18% BP*)

190. Moldovan kelim, eastern Europe, late 20th century, 7ft. 7in. x 6ft. 4in. 2.31m. x 1.93m. Black cartouche shape field within an ivory frame; wide black borders; all over brightly coloured flowers and foliage. £200-250 (+18% BP*) 191-250. No lots

CHINESE RUGS

Lot 252 252. Two Samarkand rugs, Xinjiang, west China, mid-20th century, the first 5ft. 9in. x 3ft. 1.75m. x 0.91m. Central bright pink and blue lozenge on a pale bluey/grey field; the second, 4ft. 10in. x 2ft. 11in. 1.47m. x 0.89m.

Three medallions on a pale grey field; bright pink details. (2) £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 188 188. Modern kelim, probably made in Afghanistan, 8ft. 1in. x 6ft. 6in. 2.46m. x 1.98m. Speckled grey field with all over narrow zig-zag multi-coloured bands of geometric motifs. Bright palette. £200-250 (+18% BP*)

Lot 251

Lot 189 189. Bergama flatweave with all over lattice design in supplementary weft-float wrapping, west Anatolia, mid-20th century, 7ft. 11in. x 5ft. 6in. 2.41m. x 1.68m. £50-100 (+18% BP*)

251. Suiyuan rug, north west China, circa 1920s, 4ft. 7in. x 2ft. 2in. 1.40m. x 0.66m.

Pale yellow/cream field with all over flowers in shades of light and dark blue around a central medallion. £200-250 (+18% BP*)

Lot 253 253. Yarkand rug, east Turkestan, first half 20th century, 7ft. 11in. x 4ft. 7in. 2.41m. x 1.40m. Cream field with three centre medallions; dark brown main border. Lustrous wool, soft palette and soft handle. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 255 Lot 254 254. Tibetan rug, inner Asia, circa 1920s-30s, 7ft. 9in. x 4ft. 2in. 2.36m. x 1.27m. Some wear in places. Beige field with large flower and vase motifs each end, with strapwork link to the centre; mid-blue main border. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

255. Two Tibetan rugs, inner Asia, mid-20th century, the first plain dark blue with floral roundel in lower left corner; small foliate motif at top end, 4ft. 7in. x 3ft. 4in. 1.40m. x 1.02m.

The second dark brown with circular motif and three random motifs woven in white, 3ft. 3in. x 3ft. 4in. 1m. x 1.02m. (2) £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 256 256. Khotan rug, Xinjiang, east Turkestan, late 19th/early 20th century, 7ft. 6in. x 4ft. 2.29m. x 1.22m. Overall wear down to foundation; design still visible; losses to ends. Two diamond shape medallions on a pale blue field. £100-150 (+18% BP*) 259. Ninxia seating rug, north west China, first half 19th century, 2ft. x 2ft. 9in. 0.61m. x 0.84m.

Overall wear, heavy in places; losses and ‘bites’ to ends. Lustrous wool and soft handle. £150-200 (+18% BP*)

Lot 257 257. Baotou dragon rug, north west China, mid-20th century, 3ft. 2in. x 6ft. 2in. 0.97m. x 1.88m.

Woven on the short axis. Single colourful dragon chasing a flaming pearl amongst three clouds on a dark brown/black field. Substantial pile and robust handle. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 259 260. Tibetan khaden (sleeping) rug, inner Asia, 19th century, 4ft. 8in. x 2ft. 8in. 1.42m. x 0.81m.

Overall wear, heavy in places; holes; damage/’bites’ to sides and ends. Pale yellow floral roundels on a soft rose field. Soft handle.

Together with a modern Chinese silk rug, second half 20th century, 6ft. x 4ft. 3in. 1.83m. x 1.30m.

Some wear in places. Pale yellow field with flower and foliage design.

(2) £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 258 258. Pair of Tibetan rugs with pale yellow/gold fields, inner Asia, second half 20th century, the first 4ft. 8in. x 3ft. 5in. 1.42m. x 1.04m.; the second, 4ft. 7in. x 3ft. 4in. 1.40m. x 1.02m. Both with a single floral roundel at the lower end of the field with a single small floral motif at the top end. Lustrous wool and relatively soft handle. (2) £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 260

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TURKISH RUGS

Lot 273 Lot 261 261. Baotou-Suiyuan pictorial rug depicting the eight horses of the Emperor Mu Wang, north west China, second half 19th century, 7ft. x 4ft. 2in. 2.13m. x 1.27m. Overall wear with reweaving/repiling in places. The mid-brown field woven with the eight horses of Emperor Mu Wang, 5th Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty (1023983 BC), in rural landscape; cream main border of flowers and shou motifs. The Emperor was very attached to his team of eight horses, used for the Emperor’s extensive travels around his realm and after their faithful service were then turned out to grass to enjoy their retirement, as depicted here in this rug. Cf. Hermann, E. Von Uschak bis Yarkand, (1979) p. 160, pl. 114 for a similar rug. £400-500 (+18% BP*)

Lot 271 271. Yuruk rug, south east Anatolia, early 20th century, 7ft. 4in. x 3ft. 9in. 2.24m. x 1.14m. Crease marks and slight damage to lower end; crease mark to top end. Four stepped medallion design outlined in ivory.

Lustrous wool and rich colour. Plaited tasselled ends (mostly missing lower end.) £100-150 (+18% BP*)

273. Two African rugs: the first: African flat-woven mohair rug of minimalist design, Zimbabwe, south Africa, 20th century, 5ft. 3in. x 3ft. 7in. 1.60m. x 1.09m. Cream field with four horizontal large leaf motifs in pale brown and pale yellow. Provenance: Purchased in Zimbabwe some time ago by the present owner, whose family are resident in Zimbabwe. These rugs are made on a farm in the Eastern Highlands which imported and now breeds mohair goats from Lesotho. Together with a Moroccan carpet fragment, probably Rabat, Middle Atlas, mid-20th century, 3ft. 1in. x 5ft. 7in. 0.94m. x 1.70m. The end of a much longer piece. Now with dark brown fabric backing. (2) £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 272

Lot 262

272. Kayserie ‘art’ silk saf long rug, north central Anatolia, mid-20th century, 7ft. 5in. x 2ft. 10in. 2.26m. x 0.86m. Some surface marks lower ends. Note the eight mihrabs. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

262. Baotou landscape rug, north west China, first half 20th century, 4ft. 3in. x 6ft. 8in. 1.30m. x 2.03m. Dark blue field with deer and cranes around a pond in a woodland landscape under a setting sun. Some wear; repiling in places, some holes. Soft handle. £100-150 (+18% BP*) 263-270. No lots

Lot 274 274. Yuruk rug, east Anatolia, late 19th/ early 20th century, 4ft. 8in. x 3ft. 3in. 1.412m. x 1m. Overall wear with repairs and reweaves in places; corrosion to dark brown; holes in places; losses to ends; selvedges rebound. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 279 279. Two Boucherouite rag rugs, Morocco, second half 20th century, the first, 4ft. 6in. x 4ft. 9in. 1.37m. x 1.45m.; horizontal bands made up of scraps of fabric in soft tones; the second 5ft. 6in. x 2ft. 9in. 1.68m. x 0.84m. All over geometric design composed of scraps of brightly coloured yarns. Hessian tape each end verso. (2) £150-200 (+18% BP*)

Lot 275 275. Tunisian rug, first half 20th century, 8ft. x 5ft. 8in. 2.44m. x 1.73m. Slight damage to ends. The field composed of horizontal wavy bands in undyed white, grey, light brown and dark brown. £150-200 (+18% BP*)

Lot 277 277. Anatolian kelim, last quarter 20th century, 6ft. 6in. x 2ft. 8in,. 1.98m. x 0.81m.

Striking plain deep yellow field with scattered motifs, within a zig-zag shaded deep purple border. Provenance: David Black. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 280

Lot 276 276. Tazenakht rug, Morocco, circa 1950s, 5ft. 11in. x 3ft. 1in. 1.80m. x 0.94m. Light red field woven with geometric motifs; ivory main border and deep yellow flatweave ends. Bright palette. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 278

280. Moroccan rug of lattice design, second half 20th century, 6ft. x 2ft. 10in.

1.83m. x 0.86m. The foundation of the rug made up of fabric scraps in the manner of Boucherouite rag rugs, with long wool pile and a few fabric details. Soft brown, red and ivory palette. £200-250 (+18% BP*)

278. Borlu rug, west Anatolia, early 20th century, 6ft. 11in. x 4ft. 1in. 2.11m. x 1.25m.

Some wear in places; small area of old moth damage; slight losses to ends. Lustrous wool with soft palette and soft handle. £250-350 (+18% BP*) BP* - Buyer’s Premium of 18% inclusive of VAT @ 20% • Additional fees may apply - please see Terms & Conditions

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Lot 285 Lot 281 281. Siirt angora cover, south east Anatolia, mid-20th century, 5ft. 9in. x 4ft. 1in. 1.75m. x 1.25m. Bands of undyed mohair in shades of grey, ivory and shades of light to dark brown.

Soft palette and luxurious handle. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 283 283. Two Fulani blankets, Mali, west Africa, second half 20th century, each 8ft. x 4ft. 6in.

2.44m. x 1.37m. Fine white wool ground woven in narrow strips and joined vertically with a central narrow band, the field worked in a dark brown with geometric symbols pertaining to the myths and beliefs of the Fulani peoples. (2) £100-150 (+18% BP*)

285. Two Kirshehir rugs, central Anatolia, early 20th century, the first a prayer rug, 4ft. 2in. x 3ft. 2in. 1.27m. x 0.97m. Overall wear with losses to ends; some colour run. Pale pink mihrab with pale green narrow frame and pale green spandrels; the second, 5ft. 9in. x 3ft. 5in. 1.75m. x 1.04m. Overall wear with corrosion to dark brown; small holes; some repairs/repiling and losses to ends. Pale yellow field with floral medallion and floral sprays to the corners; dark brown floral main border. (2) £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 282 282. Anatolian nomadic striped kelim, probably east Anatolian, mid-20th century, 7ft. 10in. x 5ft. 4in. 2.39m. x 1.63m. Three widths joined vertically composed of narrow bands in ivory, light brown, black and a midblue. £150-200 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 284 284. Ushak rug, west Anatolia, circa 1920s-30s, 7ft. 11in. x 3ft. 11in. 2.541m. x 1.20m. Light red field with all over polychrome shield/palmette motifs within a shaded midblue to pale green main border. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

286. Two Anatolian rugs, the first: Kayserie ‘art’ silk(?) prayer rug, north central Anatolia, late 19th/early 20th century, 5ft. x 3ft. 8in. 1.52m. x 1.12m. Overall wear, heavy in places; the second, Transylvanian prayer rug, early 20th century, 5ft. 9in. x 4ft. 1.75m. x 1.22m. Overall wear with pieces rejoined in places; repairs and patches; surface marks; losses to ends. (2) £100-150 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 287

Lot 289

Lot 291

287. Two Anatolian rugs, the first a Kula rug, central Anatolia, early 20th century, 4ft. 10in. x 3ft. 1in. 1.47m. x 0.94m. Red lozenge shape central medallion within a pale blue floral border. The second a Konya rug, central Anatolia, early 20th century, 6ft. x 3ft. 6in. 1.83m. x 1.07m. Slight wear; losses to lower end. Light red field with pale blue floral medallion and main border. (2) £100-150 (+18% BP*)

289. Kirshehir prayer rug of Mezarlik design, central Anatolia, late 19th/early 20th century, 5ft. 1in. x 3ft. 4in. 1.55m. x 1.02m.

Overall wear with losses to ends; corrosion to dark brown. Light red mihrab with pale yellow spandrels above the prayer arch. £150-200 (+18% BP*)

291. Siirt ‘faux-pile’ angora gelimcheh, east Anatolia, 20th century 6ft. x 4ft. 2in. 1.83m.

1.27m. For similar examples see Tanavoli, P. Persian Flatweaves, pp. 168-169. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

290. Good Reyhanli kelim, south east Anatolia, late 19th century, 13ft. x 5ft. 9in.

3.96m. x 1.75m. Woven in two widths joined vertically. Slight losses to one end; some wear in places. Three large concentric diamond shape medallions in a superb palette, on a mid-brown field woven with small filler medallions; wide ivory main border. £1000-1500 (+18% BP*)

Lot 288 288. Bergama rug, west Anatolia, circa 1920s-30s, 3ft. 10in. x 2ft. 10in. 1.17m. x 0.86m. Two stepped octagonal medallions on an ivory field. Together with a Moroccan rug, first half 20th century, 7ft. 5in. x 4ft. 2in.

2.26m. x 1.27m. Overall even wear; hanging loops to lower end. (2) £100-150 (+18% BP*) Lot 290

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292. Kayserie silk saf, north central Anatolia, 20th century, 8ft. 3in. x 2ft. 7in. 2.51m. x 0.79m. Small repairs in places. Woven with eight prayer niches, each with flowering tree of life, some with birds in the branches, floral main border and panelled ends. Very pale palette. £350-450 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 295

293. Konya kelim, west Anatolia, early 20th century, 9ft. 4in. x 4ft. 7in. 2.85m. x 1.40m.

Hole, 6in., 15cm. square approx. one end; losses and ‘bite’ to that end; slight loss to other end. Soft palette. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

294. Panderma silk rug, west Anatolia, circa 1920s-30s, 5ft. 10in. x 3ft. 11in. 1.78m. x 1.20m. Overall wear; crease marks in places; losses to ends and fraying to sides. Central flowering tree of life on a pale creamy/ivory field with birds among the branches; light red floral and bird main border. £250-350 (+18% BP*)

295. Panderma rug, west Anatolia, early 20th century, 6ft. x 4ft. 3in. 1.83m. x 1.30m.

Soft red field with all over flowerhead and cloudband design, dark blue floral main border.

Finely woven with soft palette and handle. £300-400 (+18% BP*)

296. Konya rug, central Anatolia, circa 1930s, 3ft. 10in. x 3ft. 11in.

1.17m. x 1.20m. Overall wear with corrosion in places; losses to lower kelim end. All over Memling guls within an apricot main border. Bright palette. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 296

297. Panderma rug, west Anatolia, early 20th century, 5ft. 6in. x 3ft. 11in.

1.68m. x 1.20m. Slight wear in places.

Pale blue field with light red central medallion, ivory spandrels and light red main border; all over flowers and foliage. Soft palette with close clipped velvety wool with silk highlights. £100-200 (+18% BP*) Lot 297

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Turkmen Rugs

Lot 313

Lot 298

Lot 311

298. Central Anatolian prayer rug, Konya or Mucur, early 20th century, 7ft. 6in. x 4ft. 8in.

2.29m. x 1.42m. Overall even wear; corrosion in some places; some crease marks; small ‘nick’ to top end. Bright palette. £400-500 (+18% BP*)

311. Uzbek Lakhai kelim, Uzbekistan, late 19th century, 7ft. 9in. x 5ft. 5in. 2.36m. x 1.65m. The red ground composed of six widths joined horizontally each worked in cotton and wool with three octagonal guls of Turkmen inspiration, within an added mid-brown border embroidered with chequered medallion design. cf. Kalter, J and Pavaloi, M. Uzbekistan, p.200, pl. 389. for a remarkably similar example. £600-800 (+18% BP*)

313. Two Turkmen rugs comprising: the first: Tekke Turkmen 7 x 6 compartmented gul chuval face, Turkmenistan, early 20th century, 2ft. 6in. x 4ft. 5in. 0.76m. x 1.35m.

Overall wear; small holes; losses to lower elem. Saffron highlights to the kelle motifs in the lower elem. The second a small rug by the Ersari Turkmen of Beshir, Turkmenistan, early 20th century, 3ft. 3in. x 2ft. 9in. 0.99m. x 0.84m. Slight losses to lower end. Colourful triangle medallion design to the field; conjoined medallion main border. An intriguing hand written note attached to this piece reads: ‘In my mind I reserved this piece for Mr. J H & one day he will love it!’ As this rug remained in the present owner’s collection, one assumes either Mr. J. H. saw it and didn’t love it, or perhaps he never got to see it in the first place!. (2) £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 314

Lot 299 299. Central Anatolian kelim fragment, second half 19th century, 6ft. 4in. x 5ft. 6in.

1.93m. x 1.68m. Overall wear; repairs; holes; corrosion; cut one end with added border.

Overall soft palette. £200-250 (+18% BP*) 300-310. No lots

Lot 312 312. Tekke Turkmen ensi, Turkmenistan, late 19th century, 4ft. 10in. x 3ft. 9in. 1.47m. x 1.14m. Overall wear with splits to ends, sides and in main border; slight colour run; overall ‘brown’ palette. Note the archaic band across the centre of the mihrab. cf. Tzareva, E. Rugs and Carpets from Central Asia, The Russian Collections, pp. 67-68, pl. 34 for a very similar ensi. £150-250 (+18% BP*)

314. Two Yomut Turkmen flatweave chuvals, Turkmenistan, late 19th century, the first, 2ft. 2in. x 3ft. 6in. 1.07m. x 0.66m.

Brocaded with 5 x 5 sekis-kochak gul within very narrow borders; remains of wool closing loops; the attached plainweave back with holes and repairs. The second, brocaded with bands of guls within narrow borders; plaited wool loops to top; plainweave back. Holes and repairs. (2) £100-150 (+18% BP*)

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317. Good Ersari Turkmen main carpet, with 3 x 8 tauk nuska guls, Turkmenistan, second half 19th century, 8ft. 8in. x 6ft. 9in. 2.64m. x 2.05m.

Some wear in places.

Note the extraordinary variety of minor guls, the small filler ornaments in the field and the variety of motifs in the tauk nuska guls; flatweave ends.

Lustrous wool; wonderful rich palette and soft handle. £1500-2000 (+18% BP*)

Lot 315 315. Kirghiz long rug, Kirghistan, second half 19th century, 10ft. 4in. x 4ft. 3in. 3.15m. x 1.30m. Overall wear; small repairs in places; losses to ends. Diagonal rows of large hooked medallions on a red field; brown main border of flowerheads. The medallions are similar to those found on the Kirghiz felt rugs. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

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318. Superb carpet by the Ersari Turkmen of Beshir, Turkmenistan, second half 19th century, 10ft. 6in. x 5ft. 6in.

3.20m. x 1.68m. Some wear in places; slight losses to ends. Narrow rectangular mid-blue field with all over trellised medallions and very wide red main border with pale yellow narrow guards.

Lustrous wool and rich palette including ‘Beshir’ yellow. £2500-3000 (+18% BP*)

Lot 316 316. Good Yomut Turkmen ensi, Turkmenistan, second half 19th century, 5ft. 2in. x 4ft. 1.58m. x 1.22m. Overall even wear; lower left corner with repiled rectangular strip and re-weaves to lower end; slight losses to ends. Lustrous wool and soft handle; colourful palette especially in the lower elem with two rows of off-set kelle motifs. £900-1000 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 319

319. Large Kizil Ayak Turkmen 3 x 3 gul chuval face, Turkmenistan, late 19th century, 3ft. 2in. x 5ft. 4in. 0.97m. x 1.63m.

Overall even wear. Note the row of thirteen individual plants in the lower elem.

Rich palette including two shades of blue. £500-600 (+18% BP*)

Lot 325 325. Ersari Turkmen torba face, Turkmenistan, late 19th/early 20th century, 1ft. 3in. x 3ft. 8in. 0.38m. x 1.12m. The pale coloured field with all over ashik pattern within narrow borders. Overall wear with some repairs. £150-200 (+18% BP*)

Lot 322 322. Yomut Turkmen ok bash (tent pole cover) fragment, Turkmenistan, late 19th century, 1ft. 5in. x 1ft. 9in. 0.43m. x 0.53m.

Narrow piled piece attached left side. Rich palette including a deep green. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 320 320. Two Ersari Turkmen rugs, north east Afghanistan, circa 1930s-40s, the first a prayer rug, 4ft. 4in. x 2ft. 8in. 1.32m. x 0.81m. Slight losses to ends. The second, of cane design on a red field within narrow borders, 5ft. x 3ft. 2in. 1.52m. x 0.97m. (2) £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 326 326. Torba face by the Ersari Turkmen of Beshir, Turkmenistan, mid-19th century, 1ft. 4in. x 2ft. 10in. 0.41m. x 0.86m. Overall wear with losses to all edges, especially the lower end, all edges now bound. Curled leaf and medallion design within a border of quartered octagons with star centres. Soft palette with Beshir yellow details and soft handle. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 323 323. Salor Turkmen torba, Turkmenistan, second half 19th century, 1ft. 6in. x 4ft. 4in. 0.46m. x 1.32m. Small repairs in places. Diagonal shemle lattice design within narrow borders. Lacking plainweave back and long fringing. cf. Tzareva, E. op cit. pp. 40 & 41, pl. 13 and 14 for similar examples. £300-400 (+18% BP*) Lot 327

Lot 324

Lot 321 321. Ersari Turkmen ensi, south west Turkmenistan, late 19th century, 5ft, 8in. x 4ft. 2in. 1.73m. x 1.27m. Overall wear with some repairs in places; slight colour run; Losses to top end; striped flatweave lower end. Note the colourful band through the centre of the rug. £200-300 (+18% BP*)

324. Tekke Turkmen 12-gul torba face, second half 19th century, 1ft. 5in. x 3ft. 5in.

0.43m. x 1.04m. Losses to all edges, lacking plainweave back. Finely woven with close clipped velvety wool and luxuriously soft handle. cf. Jourdan, U. Oriental Rugs, Vol. 5, Turkoman, p. 132, pl. 82 for an almost identical torba. £300-400 (+18% BP*)

327. Yomut Turkmen 3 x 3 gul chuval face, Turkmenistan, late 19th century, 2ft. 4in. x 3ft. 8in. 0.71m. x 1.12m. The whole of the left side main border and inner guard has been cut and rejoined; although, as far as we can ascertain, only a tiny width is missing as can be seen from the linking branches between the first and second kelle motifs in the lower elem.

Splits and repaired crease mark to right side. £150-200 (+18% BP*)

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328. Rare 3-gul Turkmen ‘eagle-group’ torba complete with plainweave back and multi-coloured wrapped fringing (some missing), Turkmenistan, 19th century, 1ft. 6in. x 3ft. 9in. 0.46m. x 1.10m. Tiny areas of moth damage; otherwise good pile and rich palette.

Three guls divided by chemche motifs with quarter guls extending out of the field, the whole framed with a single interlocking motif main border; plain lower elem and outer band. cf. Reuben, D. Gols and Guls, pl. 79 for a similar 3-gul torba where the author states that there are six other known torbas belonging to this group and these examples are cited, including.

Loges, W. Turkoman Tribal Rugs, pp. 192-193, pl. 116, Mackie, L & Thompson, J. Turkmen Tribal Rugs, pl. 143, pl. 61;. However our example appears to bear a close resemblance to the one illustrated in Andrews, P., Azadi, S. et al, Wie Blumen in Der Wuste, p. 74, pl. 41. although the published example has an inner kotchanak border, which ours does not have. £1000-1500 (+18% BP*) Lot 328

Lot 329 329. Large chuval face by the Ersari Turkmen of Beshir, Turkmenistan, late 19th century, 3ft. 9in. x 5ft. 2in. 1.15m. x 1.58m.

Overall wear with corrosion to browns. Note the row of eleven individual flowers in the lower elem and the ‘Beshir’ yellow details throughout. £150-250 (+18% BP*) 330. Good Yomut Turkmen ensi, Turkmenistan, second half 19th century, 5ft. x 4ft. 9in. 1.52m. x 1.45m. Overall even wear.

Lustrous, velvety wool with soft handle and good, varied palette. Note the inner ‘curled leaf’ border repeated in the central vertical bar, the four panels framed by an ivory ‘syrga’ motif border on all four sides; the lower elem with a band of gapyrga motifs below a band of quartered and step sided guls. c. Jourdan, U. op cit, pp. 189-191, pls. 145-147 for similar examples with the curled leaf border. £1600-2000 (+18% BP*)

Lot 330

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Lot 331

Lot 335

331. Yomut Turkmen ensi, Turkmenistan, second half 19th century, 5ft. 2in. x 3ft. 10in.

1.58m. x 1.17m. Overall wear with corrosion to browns; losses to ends, especially the lower end; repairs and holes in places. The four rectangular panels filled with glorious ‘Yomut eagle’ motifs, usually found in off-set rows in the lower elem. cf. Loges, W. op cit. p. 78, pl. 40 for a similar example. £800-1000 (+18% BP*)

Lot 333 333. Tekke Turkmen 3 x 12 gul rug, Turkmenistan, first half 20th century, 5ft. 11in. x 4ft. 2in. 1.80m. x 1.27m. Narrow piled ivory band at each end; losses to plainweave ends. £250-300 (+18% BP*)

335. Tekke Turkmen ensi, Turkmenistan, late 19th century, 4ft. 10in. x 3ft. 10in. 1.47m. x 1.17m. Overall even wear; slight losses to ends. Soft palette. cf. Jourdan, U. op cit. p. 116 pl. 61 and Tzareva, E. op. cit. p.68; pl. 34 for similar examples. £200-300 (+18% BP*)

Lot 336

Lot 332 332. Ersari Turkmen 3 x 6 gulli-gul carpet, Turkmenistan, second half 19th century 8ft. 7in. x 5ft. 11in. 2.62m. x 1.80m. Overall wear with corrosion to browns; small repairs and re-piling in places; losses to ends. Rich, colourful palette. £200-300 (+18% BP*)

Lot 334

336. Ersari Turkmen ensi, north east Afghanistan, circa 1920-30s, 6ft. x 4ft. 9in.

1.83m. x 1.45m. Slight wear in places; small loss to top end; losses to lower red plainweave end. Bright palette. £100-200 (+18% BP*)

334. Yomut Turkmen 3 x 10 gul rug, Turkmenistan, first half 20th century, 6ft. 5in. x 3ft. 6in. 1.96m. x 1.07m. £350-400 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 337 337. Yomut Turkmen kepse-gul carpet, Turkmenistan, second half 19th century, 8ft. 8in. x 4ft. 10in. 2.64m. x 1.47m. Overall wear; some crease marks in places; small holes.

Finely woven with close clipped velvety wool and good range of colour. Each end panel woven with the gapyrga (Yomut fir) design. £800-1000 (+18% BP*)

Lot 338 338. Yomut Turkmen kepse gul carpet, Turkmenistan, second half 19th century, 10ft. 2in. x 6ft. 2in. 3.10m. x 1.88m. Overall wear, heavy in places; outer guard missing lower end; holes to left side; reweaving to right side; losses to ends. Ivory main border of ‘curled leaf’ motif to long sides becoming the so-called ‘boat’ border at each end. Lustrous wool with good range of colour. £200-300 (+18% BP*)

Lot 340 340. Saryk Turkmen ensi with silk and white cotton highlights, Turkmenistan, 19th century, 6ft. x 4ft. 7in. 1.83m. x 1.40m. Slight wear in places; losses to lower end; part of main border and outer guards missing top end. Note the white cotton ‘S’ motifs in the inner rectangles. An ensi of superb quality with wonderful lustrous wool and soft handle. cf. Tzareva, E. op cit. p. 46, pl. 17 for a remarkably similar ensi; and Jourdan,. U. op cit. p. 81, pl. 21. £1500-2000 (+18% BP*)

Lot 339

Lot 342

339. Salor Turkmen kejebe pattern torba face, Turkmenistan, 19th century, 1ft. 7in. x 4ft. 10in. 0.43m. x 1.47m. Some wear in places with repairs to crease marks; small repairs to sides; some frayng. cf. Mackie & Thompson, op cit. pp.71-73, pl. 10 and Jourdan, U. op. cit. p. 67; pl. 5 for similar examples. Note the tiny ‘S’ motifs within hexagons in the minor borders of our piece. Velvety wool and rich palette. £300-500 (+18% BP*)

342. Uzbek warp-faced ghudjeri, Uzbekistan, circa 1920s-30s, 5ft. 5in. x 5ft. 9in. 1.65m. x 1.75m. Horizontal bands of geometric motifs in a soft earthy palette. £250-300 (+18% BP*)

Lot 341 341. Large Uzbek warp-faced ghudjeri, Uzbekistan, 1920s-30s, 10ft. 11in. x 6ft.

3.33m. x 1.83m. Horizontal bands of geometric motifs in an earthy palette. £300-400 (+18% BP*)

343-370. No lots

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Caucasian Rugs

Lot 373

Lot 371 371. Karabakh long rug, south west Caucasus, early 20th century, 8ft. 10in. x 3ft. 8in. 2.69m. x 1.12m. Overall even wear.

Shaded mid-blue field with four large tarantulalike medallions; small filler ornaments including a lone animal at the top end of the field; ivory geometric main border with pale green outer rosette guard. cf. Kerimov, L. et al. Rugs & Carpets from the Caucasus, The Russian Collections, pl. 93 where a strikingly similar rug is illustrated which the authors attribute to the town of Shusha, Nagorny Karabakh, Azerbaijan. £1000-1500 (+18% BP*)

373. Kuba rug, north east Caucasus, early 20th century, 4ft. 5in. x 3ft. 5in. 1.35m. x 1.04m. Overall even wear; flight fraying to braided ends and to selvedges. Dark blue field with all over design and ivory main border. £350-450 (+18% BP*)

Lot 375 375. Talish long rug, south east Caucasus, late 19th/early 20th century, 9ft. x 3ft. 4in.

2.75m. x 1.02m. Overall wear, heavy in places; slight losses to ends and fraying to sides. Light red field with four differing and slightly quirky medallions; wide greeny/blue main border and ivory guards. £500-600 (+18% BP*)

Lot 374 374. Konagkend rug, north east Caucasus, early 20th century, 5ft. 5in. x 3ft. 8in. 1.65m. x 1.12m. Overall wear; corrosion to browns; losses to ends. Large central medallion flanked by pale blue octagons in each corner. £150-200 (+18% BP*)

Lot 372 372. Daghestan prayer rug with white field, north east Caucasus, late 19th century, 4ft. 5in. x 3ft. 6in. 1.35m. x 1.07m. Overall wear with corrosion to dark brown; slight losses to ends; small repairs; selvedges rebound.

Indistinct date above the prayer niche. Pretty lattice and flower design. cf. Bennett, I. Oriental Rugs. Vol. 1. Caucasian, pp. 320-323 where similar white ground examples are illustrated. A very similar prayer rug sold these Rooms 17th May 2017, Lot 371. £800-1000 (+18% BP*)

Lot 376 376. Karabakh long rug, south west Caucasus, late 19th/early 20th century, 8ft. 7in. x 3ft. 9in. 2.62m. x 1.14m. Overall even wear with some repiling in places; re-woven outer guard top end; slight losses to lower end. Light red field with five large pale blue and pale green foliate medallions; four tribesmen and women in the field, two of which are woven displaying their genitals; small filler ornaments; wide ivory main border. Lustrous wool, soft palette and handle. £1000-1500 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 380 380. Derbend rug of Lesghi star design, east Caucasus, mid-20th century, 6ft. 6in. x 3ft. 8in. 1.98m. x 1.12m. Overall even wear with losses to lower end. Bright palette chemically faded to an overall soft palette. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 377 377. Fachralo Kazak prayer rug, south west Caucasus, second half 19th century, 4ft. 7in. x 4ft. 1.40m. x 1.22m. A spectacular rug of excellent quality; good pile with lustrous wool; superb rich palette and soft handle. For very similar examples, see Bennett, I. op. cit. pp. 42-45, pls. 23-27 for similar examples, especially pl. 23. See front cover. £3000-4000 (+18% BP*)

Lot 381 381. Modern Seichur rug with white field, Kuba region, north east Caucasus, second half 20th century, 8ft. 4in. x 4ft. 6in. 2.54m. x 1.37m. Overall bright palette and a somewhat stiff handle. £100-200 (+18% BP*)

Lot 378 378. Kuba kelim, north east Caucasus, late 19th/early 20th century, 8ft. 2in. x 5ft. 5in.

2.49m. x 1.65m. Surface marks in places; small holes; slight losses to ends. cf. Bennett, I. op cit. p. 340, pl. 452 for a remarkably similar kelim and discussion of this group. £300-400 (+18% BP*)

Lot 379 379. Daghestan prayer rug, north east Caucasus, late 19th/early 20th century, 4ft. 10in. x 4ft. 1.47m. Overall wear with corrosion to dark brown especially in the centre; re-woven ends and re-selvedged. £200-300 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 382 382. Caucasian chii palas (flatweave cover), Aspheron, Baku district, Azerbaijan, circa 1900, 9ft. 9in. x 4ft. 10in. 2.97m. x 1.47m.

Horizontal bands of various widths with details in extra weft-wrapping, with ivory cotton details. Slight wear in places; small hole. cf. Wright, R. & Wertime, J. op. cit., p. 75-77 for a very similar example and Kerimov et al, Rugs & Carpets from the Caucasus, pl. 38. A very similar palas sold in our sale 1st March 2017, Lot 374. £200-250 (+18% BP*)

Lot 384 384. Unusual Chondzoresk rug with single medallion, Karabakh region, south west Caucasus, late 19th/early 20th century, 5ft. x 4ft. 1in. 1.52m. x 1.25m. Overall even wear; extreme outer end guards possibly rewoven. Bottle green field with large central light red and very dark blue central medallion; narrow ivory main border. A similar example of a single medallion Chondzoresk is illustrated in Bennett, I. op. cit. p. 90, pl. 79. These rugs are more usually woven in a threemedallion format. £2000-3000 (+18% BP*) 385. Chelaberd double medal­­­ lion rug, Karabakh, south west Caucasus, late 19th/early 20th century, 6ft. 9in. x 4ft. 1in. 2.05m. x 1.25m. Note: There is no dividing bar between the two medallions and at the top end of the rug, the beginning of a third medallion is disappearing out of the field.

Overall even wear. cf. Bennett, I. op. cit. p. 101, pl. 93 for a double medallion rug. £600-800 (+18% BP*)

Lot 383 383. Karabakh rug, south west Caucasus, late 19th/early 20th century, 7ft. 5in. x 3ft. 11in. 2.26m. x 1.20m. Overall even wear; some re-piling in places. Mid-blue field with all over lattice and star medallion design; curiously at the top end of the rug the star motifs become cruciform motifs; narrow ivory main border. Soft handle. £500-700 (+18% BP*)

Lot 385

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Lot 386 386. Shirvan banded kelim, south east Caucasus, late 19th century, 10ft. 10in. x 6ft. 1in. 3.30m. x 1.86m. Small holes and repairs; small ‘bites’ to edges in places. The wide ivory bands woven with step-sided medallions divided by two cross motifs, one above the other, divided by plain bands and narrow triangle bands. An impressive kelim of soft palette. An almost identical kelim is illustrated Bennett, I. op. cit. p. 338, pl. 450; others may be found in MacDonald, B. Tribal Rugs. Treasures of the Black Tent, p. 89, pl. 52; Hull, A. & Luczyc-Wyhowska, op. cit. p. 247, pl. 474 amd Petsopoulos, Y. Kelims, pls. 311 & 312. £500-800 (+18% BP*) 387. Unusual Lenkoran Chelaberd long rug, Talish area, south east Caucasus, late 19th/ early 20th century, 8ft. 9in. x 4ft. 9in. 2.67m. x 1.45m. Overall even wear; extreme outer edge of ends possibly re-woven. A somewhat enigmatic rug woven in a rich palette with a wide variety of colour including a bottle green and a soft yellow. The light red field with two and a half typical Lenkoran motifs, divided at the lower end by a large typical Chelaberd (eagle or sunburst) medallion and at the top end by single bar with ‘St. Andrew’s Cross’ ends. £3500-4000 (+18% BP*) 388. Karachov Kazak green ground rug, south west Caucasus, late 19th century 6ft. 11in. x 5ft. 11in. 2.11m. x 1.80m. Hanging rings to left long side. Overall wear; slightly heavier in some places; corrosion to dark brown; some repiling and small repairs; small holes in several places. Superb green ground with terracotta leaf and calyx main border. Lustrous wool, rich palette and soft handle. Several examples of green ground Karachov Kazaks have been published including Bennett, I. op. cit. p. 49. pl.30; Hasson, R. Caucasian Rugs, L. A. Mayer Memorial Institute, Jerusalem 1986, p.35. pl. 7; MacDonald, B. op. cit. p. 79, pl.42; Opie, James. Tribal Rugs, p. 87 pl. 5.32 to name but a few. £300-500 (+18% BP*)

Lot 387

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Lot 389

Lot 390 389. Kazak long rug, south west Caucasus, second half 19th century, 8ft. 4in. x 4ft. 1in. 2.54m. x 1.25m. Some wear in places with corrosion to dark brown. Small bite/fraying to lower left corner. Lustrous wool, rich palette and soft handle. Very pretty pale blue field with central row of five stepped medallions; small animals and random filler ornaments in the field; ivory leaf and calyx main border and dark brown outer border of rosettes. £1000-1500 (+18% BP*) 390. Shirvan rug, south east Caucasus, late 19th century, 7ft. 11in. x 4ft. 8in. 2.41m. x 1.42m. Some wear with corrosion to dark brown.

Mid-blue field with two rows of step-sided terracotta medallions filled with flowerheads; terracotta main border. Lustrous wool, rich palette and relatively soft handle. £800-1000 (+18% BP*) 391. Shirvan banded kelim, south west Caucasus, late 19th century, 8ft. 6in. x 5ft. 3in. 2.59m. x 1.60m. Broad dark blue band at top end of field brocaded with a tiny bird. A very handsome kelim with a wonderful, rich and varied palette. cf. Bennett, I. op. cit. p. 339; pl. 451 for a similar kelim but our example does not have the zig-zag motifs down each side as in the published piece. £500-1000 (+18% BP*)

Lot 391

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Lot 394 394. Kazak inscribed three-medallion rug, south west Caucasus, 20th century, 7ft. 2in. x 5ft. 1in. 2.18m. x 1.55m. Small hole in top medallion. The dark red field woven ‘19641’ (?) at the top end of the field. The stepped medallions in dark blue and bottle green with contrast outlining; narrow ivory trailing floral main border; inner green border of flowerheads. Lustrous wool; dark, intense palette; soft handle. £400-500 (+18% BP*)

Lot 392 392. Akstafa long rug, Kazak area, south west Caucasus, second half 19th century, 9ft. 6in. x 4ft. 7in. 2.90m. x 1.40m. Overall even wear. Dark blue field with four pairs of Akstafa birds and five central medallions; many filler ornaments including tiny birds (some of which are upside down) and animals; ivory main border of interlocking motifs and typical narrow guards. A most impressive rug with lustrous wool and rich palette of many colours including various shades of blue and green; soft yellow, terracotta and others. Two Akstafa rugs with interlock borders are illustrated in Bennett, I. op. cit. pp. 180-182; pls. 217 and 218. See back cover. £3000-4000 (+18% BP*) 393. Lenkoran sumac mafrash panel, Talish area, south east Caucasus, late 19th century, 2ft.

3in. x 1ft. 11in. 0.69m. x 0.59m. All over stepped medallions within a lattice; narrow white ground border. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 395 395. Surahani runner, Shirvan-Baku district, south east Caucasus, early 20th century, 10ft. 2in. x 3ft. 2in. 3.10m. x 0.97m. Re-woven outer guard lower end. The dark blue field with typical Surahani medallions with animals and flowers; with triple narrow floral borders. cf. Bennett, I. op. cit. pp.218-219, pl. 272 for a similar field design; whilst Schurmann, U. op. cit. pp 248-249, pl. 91 illustrates a Saliani rug with triple floral borders. Lustrous wool and superb palette. £800-1000 (+18% BP*) 396-419. No lots

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Persian Rugs

Lot 423 Lot 422

Lot 420 420. Bakhtiari gabbeh, Chahar Mahal Valley, south west Persia, last quarter 20th century, 8ft. 3in. x 5ft. 7in. 2.51m. x 1.75m.

Minimalist design woven in a soft palette with lustrous wool. £250-350 (+18% BP*)

422. Good Shahsavan flatweave double khorjin, north west Persian, early 20th century, 9ft. 5in. x 2ft. 9in. (opened out) 2.87m. x 0.84m. With plaited wool closing loops, some with metal rings. Powerful geometric design in clear, soft palette; striped back. £200-250 (+18% BP*)

423. Shahsavan verneh flatweave, north west Persia, first half 20th century, 5ft. 6in. x 5ft. 7in. 1.68m. x 1.70m. Four widths joined vertically. White wool ground embroidered in wools of ‘earthy’ tones, with various motifs including small animals and stylized tribesmen.

Ends unfinished. £300-400 (+18% BP*)

Lot 424 Lot 421 421. Shahsavan ghileem mafrash, north west Persia, early 20th century, main panel, opened out 5ft. 2in. x 3ft. 6in. 1.58m. x 1.07m.; two separate end panels, 1ft. 7in. x 1ft. 5in. 0.48m. x 0.43m. The wide bands woven with stepped medallions; red and yellow striped base. Surface marks; holes and damage in places. (3) £250-300 (+18% BP*)

424. Exceptional pair of Shahsavan Hamamlu sumac khorjin faces, Azerbaijan, second half 19th century, one 1ft. 10in. x 1ft. 6in. 0.55m. x 0.46m.; the other 1ft. 9in. x 1ft. 7in. 0.54m.

0.48m. Both with joined(?) flatweave ends. All over stepped medallions within a lattice with narrow ivory stepped medallion borders. Finely woven and soft palette. See Tanavoli, P. Persian Flatweaves, pp.56-58 for a discussion of this group. £1500-2000 (+18% BP*)

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428. Sangesar jajim, Veramin, north central Persia, early/mid-20th century, 8ft. 9in. x 6ft. 3in. 2.67m. x 1.91m. Very finely woven in four vertical strips; narrow bands in a very pleasing palette: pale green, light red, dark brown, apricot and pale blue. Most jajims are from the area around Mazanderan but this example is from a village just to the east in the vicinity of Semnan. £350-450 (+18% BP*) 429. Sumac mafrash by the Shahsavan of Moghan, north west Persia, first half 20th century, 3ft. 3in. x 1ft. 6in. x 1ft. 6in. 1m. x 0.46m. x 0.46m. No closing loops. Striped plainweave base in a bold palette. The sumac panels with bands of medallions and birds. cf. Tanavoli, P. Shahsavan. P. 163, pls 47-49. £600-700 (+18% BP*)

Lot 425 425. North west Persian blue and white cotton jajim, Mianeh or Saveh, Shahsavan area, 20th century, 6ft. 2in. x 6ft. 5in. 1.88m. x 1.96m. Some surface marks. Warp faced weave in eleven widths. cf. Tanavoli, P op. cit. pp. 284-285, pl. 211. £300-400 (+18% BP*)

Lot 428

Lot 426 426. Shahsavan jajim, north west Persia, circa 1930s, 6ft. 5in. x 6ft. 6in. 1.96m. x 1.98m. Six widths joined vertically. Plain stripes in a bold palette. £250-300 (+18% BP*)

Lot 427 427. Qashqa’i moj, Shiraz, Fars, south west Persia, early 20th century, 7ft. 2in. x 5ft. 7in.

2.18m. x 1.70m. Two widths joined vertically.

Tasselled ends. £350-400 (+18% BP*)

Lot 429

Lot 430

Lot 431

430. Afshar rug, Kerman area, south east Persia, circa 1920s-30s, 5ft. 11in. x 4ft. 8in. 1.80m. x 1.42m. Overall wear. All over medallion design within a pale blue main border. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

431. Afshar rug, Kerman area, south east Persia, early 20th century, 4ft. 10in. x 4ft. 2in.

1.47m. x 1.27m. Overall even wear. Cream field with two gol farangi bouquets surrounded by small flowers and foliage; pale blue floral main border. Lustrous wool and rich palette. £600-800 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 432

Lot 434

Lot 436

432. Rug by the Arab-Cherpanlu taifeh of the Qashqa’i Confederation, south west Persia, early 20th century, 9ft. 2in. x 5ft. 1in.

2.80m. x 1.55m. Overall even wear; small holes/damage in places; slight loss to both ends. Mid-blue field with triple medallion; multiple borders. Lustrous wool. £500-600 (+18% BP*)

434. Fars rug, Shiraz area, south west Persia, circa 1930s, 7ft. 3in. x 4ft. 7in. 2.21m. x 1.40m. Some wear in places; small spot of old moth damage; slight loss to both ends. £250-350 (+18% BP*)

436. Afshar rug with inscription, Kerman area, south east Persia, circa 1920s-30s, 3ft. 1in. x 2ft. 3in. 0.94m. x 0.69m. Ivory field with all over boteh motifs and inscription in top left corner. Lustrous wool, rich palette and soft handle. £150-250 (+18% BP*)

Lot 435

Lot 433 433. Afshar rug, Kerman area, south east Persia, circa 1920s, 7ft. 5in. x 5ft. 5in. 2.26m. x 1.65m. Some wear in places with losses to ends. Dark blue field with triple medallion; many small filler ornaments including birds and animals; ivory main border. Lustrous wool, rich palette and soft handle. £250-350 (+18% BP*)

435. Afshar rug, Kerman area, south east Persia, early 20th century, 6ft. 8in. x 5ft. 2.03m. x 1.52m. Overall even wear with corrosion to dark brown. Gol farangi floral bouquets on a red field; ivory rosette main border. Lustrous wool and bold palette. £400-500 (+18% BP*) Lot 437 437. Baharlu long rug, Fars, south west Persia, late 19th/early 20th century, 9ft. 9in. x 3ft. 8in. 2.97m. x 1.12m. Overall even wear with slight losses to ends; selvedges rebound.

Five central pole medallions on a dark indigo ground, ivory floral spandrels, rust red main border of assorted linked motifs and light blue floral guards. Lustrous wool, good varied palette and soft handle. See Parham, C. op. cit. pp. 116-117, pl. 37 for similar border. £300-400 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 440

Lot 442

440. Baluchi prayer rug, Khorasan, north east Persia, early 20th century, 4ft. 6in. x 3ft. 3in. 1.37m. x 1m. Some corrosion to dark brown; repairs to flatweave ends. £150-250 (+18% BP*)

442. Yalameh rug, Lurs, south west Persia, early 20th century, 4ft. 10in. x 3ft. 8in. 1.47m. x 1.12m. Dark blue field with double column of hooked medallions; pale blue main border.

Bright palette. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

438. Fars long rug, Shiraz area, south west Persia, circa 1930s-40s, 9ft. 7in. x 4ft. 5in.

2.92m. x 1.35m. Some wear in places; some colour run; losses to ends. Stepped rectangular shape brown/red field with central medallion within a circlet of flowerheads; indigo spandrels and narrow ivory main border. £150-200 (+18% BP*)

Lot 443

Lot 439

Lot 441

439. North west Persian banded ghileem, late 19th century, 10ft. 4in. x 6ft. 4in. 3.15m. x 1.93m. Some wear with holes, damages, ‘bites’, surface marks and cobbled repairs. This example has very broad bands with striking, grand motifs and is bordered on all sides with a reciprocal castellated border. Note also the braided ends rather than knotted warp ends.

See Petsopoulos, Y. Kilims, p. 282-283, pls.

330 & 331. £300-400 (+18% BP*)

441. Veramin long rug, north central Persia, early 20th century 6ft. 10in. x 3ft. 9in. 2.08m. x 1.14m. Overall even wear; small areas of old moth damage; small patch to flatweave at lower end. Brocaded flatweave ends; lustrous wool, rich palette and soft handle. £350-450 (+18% BP*)

443. Afshar rug, Kerman area, south east Persia, circa 1930s-40s, 7ft. 3in. x 5ft. 3in. 2.21m. x 1.60m. All over trellised floral medallions in pale blue, red and dark blue within narrow borders. Robust handle. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 448

Lot 444

Lot 446

444. Kurdish ghileem, north west Persia, circa 1920s-30s, 7ft. 7in. x 5ft. 3in. 2.31m. x 1.60m. Some wear with small repairs and some colour run. Woven in two widths joined horizontally; plaited fringing to one end. £300-400 (+18% BP*)

446. Qashqa’i rug, Fars, south west Persia, early 20th century, 7ft. 6in. x 4ft. 7in. 2.29m. x 1.40m. Overall wear; some damage, crease marks and holes in places; losses to ends. £400-500 (+18% BP*)

448. Mianeh jajim, Shahsavan area, north west Persia, early to mid-20th century, 5ft. 5in. x 4ft. 10in. 1.65m. x 1.47m. Woven in seven widths with plain bands in a soft palette. £200-250 (+18% BP*)

Lot 449

Lot 447

Lot 445 445. Fars rug, Shiraz area, south west Persia, circa 1920s 4ft. 4in. x 3ft. 8in. 1.32m. x 1.12m.

All over flowers and strapwork on a dark blue field. £200-300 (+18% BP*)

447. Mianeh jajim, Shahavan area, north west Persia, early to mid-20th century, 6ft. 5in. x 6ft. 11in. 1.96m. x 2.11m. Woven in eight widths joined vertically with plain bands in a rich and varied palette. £300-400 (+18% BP*)

449. Mianeh jajim, Shahsavan area, north west Persia, circa 1930s-50s, 6ft. 3in. x 6ft. 6in.

1.91m. x 1.98m. Eight widths joined vertically woven with alternate patterned and plain ivory bands. £250-350 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 452 452. Baluchi banded flatweave, Khorasan, north east Persia, circa 1900s, 10ft. 2in. x 3ft. 10in. 3.10m. 1.17m.

Small repairs/patches. £300-350 (+18% BP*)

Lot 450 450. Qashqa’i rug, Fars, south west Persia, late 19th century, 7ft. 8in. x 4ft. 2.34m. x 1.22m.

Overall even wear. Dark blue field with two ivory diamond shape medallions with a central Qashqa’i emblem; the field with wonderfully naive flowers, foliage, trees, animals and birds; ivory main border red and pale yellow rosette guards. Chequered end borders; red wool wefts.

Lustrous wool, rich palette and soft handle. £1500-2000 (+18% BP*)

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451. Ghileem by the Lors of Veramin, north central Persia, first half 20th century, 15ft. 5in. x 5ft. 2in. 4.70m. x 1.58m. A spectacular ghileem with all over design in a bright and colourful palette on a dark blue field.

Tasselled wool ends. £800-1000 (+18% BP*)

Lot 453 453. Neiriz rug, Fars, south west Persia, early 20th century 6ft. 8in. x 5ft. 1in. 2.03m. x 1.55m. Slight loss to lower end. Pale yellow field with central tree of life filling the whole field; animals and birds at the base of the tree, with a variety of birds among the flowering branches; wide indigo main border. Lustrous wool and rich palette. cf. Parham, C. Masterpieces of Fars Rugs, pp. 184-185, pl. 71 for a near identical piece which the author dates to the second quarter of the 20th century. £400-600 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 457

454. Good Kurdish long rug, north west Persia, circa 1900, 8ft. 1in. x 4ft. 7in. 2.46m. x 1.40m. The mid-brown field with all over Memling guls within octagons with star centres; ivory trailing foliate main border.

Some wear with corrosion to browns; some repairs/reweaving. Good varied palette and medium handle. £1000-1200 (+18% BP*)

457. Kurdish carpet, Kurdistan, north west Persia, early 20th century, 8ft. 9in. x 5ft. 2in. 2.67m. x 1.58m. Small repairs/repiling. Narrow flatweave ends. Spectacular rug with all over design on a dark blue field within wide ivory main border and ivory guards. Note the tiny birds hiding among the flowers in the field and the individual flowering plants in the main border. Lustrous wool and superb, colourful palette. £2000-3000 (+18% BP*)

455. Qashqa’i ghileem, Fars, south west Persia, early 20th century, 10ft. 2in. x 5ft. 3in.

3.10m. x 1.60m. Some wear in places; some holes; small ‘bite’ one end. £250-350 (+18% BP*) 456. Qashqa’i rug, Fars, south west Persia, circa 1930s-40s, 8ft. 4in. x 5ft. 6in. 2.54m. x 1.68m. Overall wear with repiling in places; slight losses to ends. Note the ‘horse-head’ columns to each side. £200-300 (+18% BP*)

Lot 455

Lot 456

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Lot 461 Lot 458 458. Morghi rug by the Baharlu tribe of the Khamseh Confederacy, Fars, south west Persia, late 19th century, 6ft. 8in. x 4ft. 2.03m. x 1.22m. Overall wear; losses to ends. Lacking chequered ends. Triple ivory medallions on a dark blue field with morghi (pecking chicken) design; morahammat design frame to the field; pale yellow main border. Soft handle. cf. Parham, C. op. cit., pp. 108-111, pls. 33 & 34. and Opie, J. op. cit. p. 204, pl. 11.13. £500-600 (+18% BP*)

Lot 460 460. Baluchi prayer rug, Khorasan, north east Persia, circa 1920s, 5ft. 4in. x 2ft. 8in.

1.63m. x 0.81m. Overall wear; slight losses to ends. Camel field. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

461. Two Baluchi double khorjin, Khorasan, north east Persia, circa 1930s-40s, the first, 5ft. 1in. x 2ft. 2in. 1.55m. x 0.66m.

Red field vertical floral bands; ivory main border, complete with plainweave backs, brocaded ends and closings with brightly coloured wool details and woollen loops, tassels and fringing; the second, 3ft. 8in. x 1ft. 9in. 1.12m. x 0.54m. Fading and slight old moth damage. Leaf and medallion design on a dark blue field. Plainweave brocaded back; plaited woollen loops; finely brocaded closings; tassels and fringing. (2) £100-150 (+18% BP*)

459. Qashqa’i rug, Fars, south west Persia, late 19th century, 6ft. 3in. x 4ft. 3in.

1.91m. x 1.30m. Overall even wear; corrosion in some places. The dark blue field closely filled with an allover design; narrow borders and chequered ends. Finely woven with lustrous wool, superb palette and soft handle. £1200-1500 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 459

462. Baluchi rug, Khorasan, north east Persia, late 19th/early 20th century, 6ft. 6in. x 3ft. 4in. 1.98m. x 1.02m. Some wear with corrosion to dark browns. Ends now stopped.

All over flowerhead design within a wide light rust/red ‘tree’ main border. Pale blue highlights in places. Velvety wool and soft handle. £350-400 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 468 468. Two Afshar khorjin faces, Kerman area, south east Persia, late 19th/early 20th century, 2ft. 4in. x 2ft. 8in. 0.71m. x 0.81m.

Some wear with holes and damage with hessian patches verso. Lustrous wool and rich palette. (2) £200-300 (+18% BP*)

Lot 463

Lot 465

463. Baluchi rug, Khorasan, north east Persia, late 19th/early 20th century, 5ft. x 3ft. 1in. 1.52m. x 0.94m. Some wear with corrosion to dark browns. Fabric binding to both ends. The field of similar design to the previous lot, within a wide light rust red main border of latchhook design. Velvety wool and soft handle. £200-250 (+18% BP*)

465. Fars double khorjin, south west Persia, circa 1920s-30s, 3ft. 11in. x 1ft. 9in. 1.20m. x 0.54m. The faces with ivory hooked medallion centres woven with floral motifs; wide dark blue border; polychrome striped plainweave back; large button trim to bridge. Polychrome closings and plaited wool loops. £300-350 (+18% BP*) Lot 469 469. Qashqa’i flatweave khorjin face, Fars, south west Persia, late 19th century, 2ft. 3in. x 3ft. 6in. 0.69m. x 1.07m. Some damage and tears in places. Finely woven with narrow horizontal bands. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

Lot 466 466. Jaf Kurd khorjin face, north west Persia, late 19th/early 20th century, 2ft. x 2ft. 1in.

0.61m. x 0.64m. Polychrome plainweave closings at top end. Lustrous wool, soft palette and soft handle. £150-250 (+18% BP*)

Lot 464 464. Qashqa’i double khorjin, Fars, south west Persia, early 20th century, 3ft. 11in. x 2ft. 1.20m. x 0.61m. Plainweave closings; plaited wool loops; terracotta plainweave back with bottle green zig-zag edge. Slight colour run in ivory border. £300-350 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 467 467. Two Shahsavan sumac flatweave khorjin faces, north west Persia, late 19th century, the first, 1ft. 11in. x 1ft. 6in. 0.57m. x 0.46m. With horizontal bands and narrow ivory border; the second 1ft. 6in., 0.46m.

Square with narrow diagonal bands. (2) £200-250 (+18% BP*)

470. Qashqa’i khorjin, Fars, south west Persia, circa 1920s, 2ft. 2in. x 1ft. 10in. 0.66m. x 0.55m. Single medallion on a mid-blue field.

Brocaded closings and wool loops with red plainweave back. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 471

Lot 472

471. Afshar khorjin face, Kerman area, south east Persia, early 20th century, 2ft. 2in. x 2ft. 8in. 0.66m. x 0.81m. Brocaded closings at top end; slight loss to lower end. Very dark bottle green field with rectangular medallion centre. Deep pile; robust handle. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

472. Two Kurdish khorjin faces, north west Persia, early 20th century, the first 1ft. 5in. x 2ft. 2in. 0.43m. x 0.66m. Overall wear; losses to ends. Pale blue field and wide ivory main border; the second, 1ft. 9in. x 1ft. 11in. 0.54nm. x 0.59m. Dark blue field with single medallion and narrow red border. (2) £200-250 (+18% BP*)

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Lot 474

Lot 475

473. Baluchi rug, Khorasan, north east Persia, late 19th century, 5ft. 7in. x 3ft. 9in.

1.70m. x 1.14m. Overall wear; corrosion to dark brown; losses to ends. All over design with lustrous wool. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

474. Qashqa’i rug, Fars, south west Persia, late 19th century, 6ft. 1in. x 4ft. 4in. 1.86m. x 1.32m. Overall wear with holes, tears and ‘bites’ in places; crude repairs; losses to ends.

Finely woven with red wool wefts. £100-150 (+18% BP*)

475. Afshar rug, Kerman area, south east Persia, early 20th century, 5ft. 10in. x 4ft. 1.78m. x 1.24m. All over shrub motifs in horizontal rows on a dark blue field; narrow borders and flatweave ends. Lustrous wool and rich palette. £200-300 (+18% BP*)

Next Sale: 20th September 2017 Closing date Friday 4th August 2017 ENTRIES NOW BEING TAKEN For appointments please contact June Barrett Tel: 01722 342044 or Email: junebarrett.sca@btconnect.com PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CARPET DEPARTMENT IS CLOSED ON A TUESDAY (EXCEPT FOR VIEW DAYS)

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CARPETS, RUGS & TEXTILES: 2017 SALE DATES Wednesdays, 12th July, 20th September and 6th December Each sale on view the Monday and Tuesday beforehand 10am-5pm and on the morning of sale from 8.30am-10am. The stack of room-sized carpets are turned each view day at 2.30pm and on morning of sale at 9am so that each large carpet can be seen individually. All rugs are on display on racks with smaller weavings and textiles on the shelves and available to view on request.

Printed catalogues available on request.

For our on-line catalogue: www.the-saleroom.com including many extra images or www.salisburyauctioncentre/netherhampton (page turning catalogue) Contact: June Barrett 01722 342044 Email: junebarrett.sca@btconnect.com

OTHER SALES HELD DURING THE YEAR: FINE ART, ANTIQUE FURNITURE & COLLECTABLES including SILVER, PORCELAIN & DECORATIVE ITEMS Fridays, 7th July, 1st September and 3rd November Catalogued by Philip Rance, FRICS Email: carrie.sca@btconnect.com Tel: 01722 342045

THE SPORTING GOODS SALE Saturdays, 12th August and 11th November Contact Michael Vesey 07971 571610 Email: carrie.sca@btconnect.com Tel: 01722 342045

GENERAL HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE & EFFECTS Every Friday evening at 6pm Viewing from 9.30am-5.30pm on Sale Day The first Friday of every month features a selection of Antiques & Collectables.

Items accepted Mondays and Wednesdays 9am-4.30pm by arrangement.

Contact Richard Petty 01722 340041 or the main office 01722 321215 Email: carrie.sca@btconnect.com Tel: 01722 342045

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1. Purchasers will be deemed: a) To have inspected their lots prior to the sale; and b) To have accepted that lots are sold with all faults and imperfections specifically mentioned or not irrespective of whether they have bid in person, by commission or through an agent.

2. All goods are second hand and sold without warranty unless otherwise stated in the sale catalogue or by the auctioneers from the rostrum.

Any implied warranty, condition or other term is excluded except where to do so would be unlawful.

3. The auctioneers undertake that care has been taken to see that catalogue descriptions are accurate and reliable, however these are matters of opinion only and shall not be taken to be statements of fact.

4. The auctioneers act as agents to the vendor and shall not incur liability to any purchaser for any statement, representation or warranty as to title, quality or otherwise of any lot made on behalf of and with the vendors authority.

5. The auctioneers reserve on behalf of themselves and the vendors the following rights: a) To sell subject to a reserve price b) To bid on behalf of a vendor and/or purchasers c) To refuse any bid d) To rearrange, consolidate, divide, add or withdraw any lots or vary the order of the sale e) To exclude any person from the premises if there be good reason to do so.

6. The auctioneers shall regulate the bidding and shall determine from time to time the appropriate increment needed to advance the bidding.

7. The person making the highest accepted bid shall be the purchaser as defined in these conditions 8. If a dispute arises as to any bidding then at the discretion of the auctioneers either: a) The lot to which the disputed bid relates shall immediately be put up again, or b) The auctioneer shall determine the dispute and his decision shall be final and binding on all parties.

9. a) At the fall of the hammer the purchaser is required to give his own name (or where applicable his paddle number). If he has bid on behalf of another person, company or organisation he should make this clear to the auctioneer at the time. b) If, and as required the auctioneer at the fall of the hammer the purchaser shall also give his address and/or the address if the principal and/or pay to the auctioneer all or part of the purchase price plus VAT and buyer’s premium. c) Any such payment at the fall of the hammer may be treated, at the auctioneer’s discretion, as a general deposit against all purchases, made by the purchaser on the day. d) All lots must be paid for in cash, or in other manners acceptable to the auctioneers on the day of the sale and before delivery is given. e) Failure by the purchaser to comply with sub clause (a) and (b) shall entitle the auctioneer to cancel the sale and, at his discretion, to immediately re-offer the lot in question for sale by auction.

10. No transfer of lots or sub-sale by any purchaser is recognised by the auctioneers. Purchasers shall main liable under these conditions in respect of their own purchase under the sale.

11. Private treaty sales shall be subject to these conditions of sale where applicable.

12. All lots will be at the purchasers risk from the fall of the hammer: Purchasers are therefore advised to check that they have adequate insurance cover.

13. Purchasers who pay by cheque will not normally be permitted to remove goods until their cheques have cleared through the bank.

Whether removal is permitted or not. Ownership of goods will not be deemed to pass to the purchaser until their cheque has cleared.

14. All lots must be cleared from the sale premises at the purchaser’s expense by the time stipulated or agreed by the auctioneers.

15. a) If a purchaser fails to comply with any of the preceding conditions the auctioneers may cause the lot in respect of which the failure is made to be resold by public sale without warranty or reserve and without notice to the purchaser.

b) If upon resale as aforesaid a lower price is obtained foe any lot that was obtained on the first sale, the difference in price together with all costs and charges attending the resale shall be a debt due from the purchaser in default at the first sale. c) Alternatively the auctioneers may, at their discretion, store the lot and recover reasonable charges for doing so from the purchaser.

16. Rescission Notwithstanding any terms of these conditions if, within 14 days after the sale, the auctioneers have received from the buyer of any lot notice in writing that in their view the lot is a deliberate forgery and that within 21 days after such notification the buyer returns the same to the auctioneers in the same condition as at the time of sale and by producing evidence, the burden of proof to be upon the buyer and if the auctioneers consider in the light of the entry in the catalogue, that the lot is a deliberate forgery than the sale of the lot will be rescinded and purchase price refunded. In the event of a dispute then the matter will be settled by arbitration.

17. Online Bidding Netherhampton Salerooms offer an online bidding service via the-saleroom.com for bidders who cannot attend the sale.

In completing the bidder registration on www.the-saleroom.com and providing your credit card details and unless alternative arrangements are agreed with Netherhampton Salerooms you: a. authorise Netherhampton Salerooms, if they so wish, to charge the credit card given in part or full payment, including all fees, for items successfully purchased in the auction via the-saleroom.com, and b. confirm that you are authorised to provide these credit card details to Netherhampton Salerooms through www.the-saleroom.com and agree that Netherhampton Salerooms are entitled to ship the goods to the card holder name and card holder address provided in fulfilment of the sale.

Please note that any lots purchased via the-saleroom.com live auction service will be subject to an additional 3% commission charge + VAT at the rate imposed on the hammer price

HOW TO FIND US

We are situated on the A3094 south west of Salisbury based at The Livestock Market which is signposted on approaches to the City. We have a large car park and refreshments are available.

VALUATIONS

We offer speedy and accurate valuations for insurance and probate of entire house contents, down to a single item.

Also, valuations for Family Division, Capital Gains Tax and Private Treaty sales, all in the strictest confidence.

OTHER SERVICES

We undertake complete house clearances and can arrange everything from transportation, valuation and disposal.

We can also provide free, verbal, no obligation valuations of items for sale. Home visits can be arranged if required.

For further information contact Richard Petty or Philip Rance on 01722 340041.

Netherhampton Salerooms is wholly owned by Southern Counties Auctioneers.

NETHERHAMPTON SALEROOMS, SALISBURY AUCTION CENTRE NETHERHAMPTON, SALISBURY, WILTS. SP2 8RH general enquiries: 01722 321215