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IMPORTANT AND ORIGINAL KARABAKH
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385
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IMPORTANT AND ORIGINAL KARABAKH
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €700
Voluntary lot
Description
IMPORTANT AND ORIGINAL KARABAKH
Caucasus, Armenia
Dated late 19th to early 20th century
553 x 178 cm
Wool velvet on a wool backing
Beautiful polychrome
Brick-red field featuring a mosaic of coloured stones and decorated with numerous symbols representing the earth, including insects, flower buds, endless knots, hourglasses (symbolising the passing of time), combs, and geometrically stylised fish spines in polychrome, adorned with seven multicoloured geometric medallions
Triple borders, the main one ruby-coloured and decorated with rows of star-shaped flowers surrounded by stylised knives
(Natural oxidation and wear; frayed edges)
Bibliography: Ian Bennett (collections of three Lebanese families), Dr Thompson, Ulrich Schurmann, Heinrich Ropers, Armen Hengeldian)
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Ref. : V240138 - 31
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