Post Auction Catalog(s) 

 Title: Sotheby's Carpets  

Auction held in: New York

Sale Date:  11/26/08

Sale No: NO8503 

No. of Lots: 367

No. of Pages: 329

Condition:  Very Good

SOME EXAMPLES FROM THE CATALOG:

LOT 13

A GHIORDES PRAYER RUG, WEST ANATOLIA,

5,000—7,000 USD
Lot Sold.  Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium:  10,625 USD

LOT 6

PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN COLLECTOR
AN OUSHAK 'LOTTO' RUG, WEST ANATOLIA,

15,000—20,000 USD
Lot Sold.  Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium:  34,375 USD

LOT 27

PROPERTY FROM THE MARKARIAN FOUNDATION, CINCINNATI, OHIO
A SHIRVAN PRAYER RUG, EAST CAUCASUS,

5,000—7,000 USD
Lot Sold.  Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium:  25,000 USD

LOT 151

PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS
A SAROUK FEREGHAN RUG, NORTH PERSIA,

25,000—35,000 USD
Lot Sold.  Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium:  50,000 USD

CATALOGUE NOTE

The Sarouk Fereghan rug offered here is of unusually high quality and bears an outstandingly crisp design and brilliant color palette. The effortlessly flowing ornaments, while organic in nature, are true to traditional Sarouk Fereghan designs with their slightly angular drawing. The flowering leafy branches and stems are graciously punctuated with delicate cloudband that further emphasize the curvilinear rhythm of the composition. The overall balance of the field design is achieved with the horizontal alignment of the colorful florets and palmettes and the vertical placement of the ovoid shapes formed with leafy stems that is further stabilized with two diagonal axes crossing in the center of the field. The dark narrow border emphasizes the importance of the light field, making the lot offered here even more exceptional in appearance and an outstanding example of Persian weaving.

LOT 160

A KASHAN SILK AND METAL-THREAD SOUF PRAYER RUG, CENTRAL PERSIA,

15,000—20,000 USD
Lot Sold.  Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium:  17,500 USD

LOT 184

A LAVAR KIRMAN MEDITATION CARPET, SOUTHEAST PERSIA,

8,000—12,000 USD
Lot Sold.  Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium:  8,750 USD

LOT 188

AN OUSHAK CARPET, WEST ANATOLIA,

20,000—25,000 USD
Lot Sold.  Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium:  23,750 USD

LOT 239

A MAHAL CARPET, CENTRAL PERSIA,

12,000—18,000 USD
Lot Sold.  Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium:  16,250 USD

PROPERTY FROM THE MARKARIAN FOUND., CINCINNATI, OHIO
A ZIEGLER MAHAL CARPET, CENTRAL PERSIA,

20,000—30,000 USD
Lot Sold.  Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium:  170,500 USD 
   

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