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Early Exceptional Kazak
New
161 x 112 cm (5' 3" x 3' 8")
Caucasus, ca. 1800 or before
Condition: according to age, low pile, sides and ends incomplete, several professional restorations
Published: "Weise Collection - Ambassadors from the Orient", Roland Weise, 2019, page 31
Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool
A particularly beautiful and archaic-looking Kazak with an unusual field design. The lower octagon is known from a small, exclusive group of carpets; however, these are without exception prayer rugs. All the pieces in this small group - probably only six in total - are dated, with dates ranging between 1780 and 1830. Although they can generally be placed in the Caucasus, they do not fit clearly into any specific category, especially because of their structure, with cotton warps and silk wefts. Even the attribution to the Caucasus has already been questioned; see John Thompson, "Carpets from the Tents, Cottages and Workshops of Asia", page 42, where such a piece is illustrated.
As early as 1989, Detlef Maltzahn pointed to an Anatolian connection when publishing lot 115 in catalogue 30. One may certainly think of Holbein carpets. In comparison with our piece, it is striking that the weaver omitted the four leaves between the blue lozenges and adopted only the blossoms in the corners. In the upper medallion, she has selected a smaller motif from the gable of the prayer rugs and and given it greater prominence.
Around this, she has incorporated the rare white secondary borders in a harmoniously colored yellow. The bold S-border forms a wonderful contrast to the delicate secondary stripes. The diverse small motifs in the field feature, in addition to four animals in the upper half, combs at the very bottom right and left - tools the weaver used to beat down the weft threads, which also serve as amulets.
It is probably the only known Kazak with this design and such magnificent colours, and it was presumably made around the same time as the dated pieces.
Estimate: € 16000 - 22000
Caucasus, ca. 1800 or before
Condition: according to age, low pile, sides and ends incomplete, several professional restorations
Published: "Weise Collection - Ambassadors from the Orient", Roland Weise, 2019, page 31
Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool
A particularly beautiful and archaic-looking Kazak with an unusual field design. The lower octagon is known from a small, exclusive group of carpets; however, these are without exception prayer rugs. All the pieces in this small group - probably only six in total - are dated, with dates ranging between 1780 and 1830. Although they can generally be placed in the Caucasus, they do not fit clearly into any specific category, especially because of their structure, with cotton warps and silk wefts. Even the attribution to the Caucasus has already been questioned; see John Thompson, "Carpets from the Tents, Cottages and Workshops of Asia", page 42, where such a piece is illustrated.
As early as 1989, Detlef Maltzahn pointed to an Anatolian connection when publishing lot 115 in catalogue 30. One may certainly think of Holbein carpets. In comparison with our piece, it is striking that the weaver omitted the four leaves between the blue lozenges and adopted only the blossoms in the corners. In the upper medallion, she has selected a smaller motif from the gable of the prayer rugs and and given it greater prominence.
Around this, she has incorporated the rare white secondary borders in a harmoniously colored yellow. The bold S-border forms a wonderful contrast to the delicate secondary stripes. The diverse small motifs in the field feature, in addition to four animals in the upper half, combs at the very bottom right and left - tools the weaver used to beat down the weft threads, which also serve as amulets.
It is probably the only known Kazak with this design and such magnificent colours, and it was presumably made around the same time as the dated pieces.
Estimate: € 16000 - 22000