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Sewan Kazak
New
228 x 184 cm (7' 6" x 6')
Armenia, ca. 1880
Condition: very good, mostly good pile, minor signs of use
Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool
A textbook example of this highly sought-after group of Kazak carpets. These pieces are named after Lake Sewan, located in the southern part of the Kazak region. The shield motif is derived from the so-called "Bellini" or "Keyhole" Anatolian carpets of the 16th century. There are three forms of this shield (see Doris Eder, Caucasian Carpets, p. 84), of which the type featuring the octagonal "head" is considered closest to the early Anatolian examples.
The wonderful white palmette border is extremely rare. In Schürmann's classic work Caucasian Carpets, it appears on only a single piece, a Fachralo carpet (no. 20). However, an earlier version of this border design is also illustrated there on a tree carpet (no. 2), dated around 1700.
In our carpet, the outer crenellated border is mirrored within the field, though only along the sides, allowing sufficient space at the top and bottom for the medallion - also referred to as a "Maltese cross" - and the trees. The small trees are partially overlapped by an arrow cross motif, creating a framing effect. Particularly notable are the soft, beautifully drawn leaves of the plant motifs at the top and bottom of the field; within them, a rare aubergine-colored detail can be found.
Raoul Tschebull writes of a very similar piece in Kazak (p. 27): "This rug must be considered one of the best of this type." Our example is certainly no less outstanding. Another carpet with the rare white-ground border was published by Rippon Boswell (Auction 104, Lot 73).
Estimate: € 20000 - 30000
Armenia, ca. 1880
Condition: very good, mostly good pile, minor signs of use
Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool
A textbook example of this highly sought-after group of Kazak carpets. These pieces are named after Lake Sewan, located in the southern part of the Kazak region. The shield motif is derived from the so-called "Bellini" or "Keyhole" Anatolian carpets of the 16th century. There are three forms of this shield (see Doris Eder, Caucasian Carpets, p. 84), of which the type featuring the octagonal "head" is considered closest to the early Anatolian examples.
The wonderful white palmette border is extremely rare. In Schürmann's classic work Caucasian Carpets, it appears on only a single piece, a Fachralo carpet (no. 20). However, an earlier version of this border design is also illustrated there on a tree carpet (no. 2), dated around 1700.
In our carpet, the outer crenellated border is mirrored within the field, though only along the sides, allowing sufficient space at the top and bottom for the medallion - also referred to as a "Maltese cross" - and the trees. The small trees are partially overlapped by an arrow cross motif, creating a framing effect. Particularly notable are the soft, beautifully drawn leaves of the plant motifs at the top and bottom of the field; within them, a rare aubergine-colored detail can be found.
Raoul Tschebull writes of a very similar piece in Kazak (p. 27): "This rug must be considered one of the best of this type." Our example is certainly no less outstanding. Another carpet with the rare white-ground border was published by Rippon Boswell (Auction 104, Lot 73).
Estimate: € 20000 - 30000