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Fine Early Caucasian Prayer Rug
New
125 x 94 cm (4' 1" x 3' 1")
Caucasus, dated 1206 (1791)
Condition: good for its age, low pile, several professional restorations
Published: "Weise Collection - Ambassadors from the Orient", Roland Weise, 2019, page 30
Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool
In his 2019 book "Ambassadors from the Orient", on page 30, collector Roland Weise compared this wonderful little rug with the other piece discussed here and its relatives. At first glance, this seems a bit bold, but it becomes understandable when we compare an intermediate example illustrated as number 24 in Ralph Kafel's "Caucasian Prayer Rugs".
First, there are the triangular shapes around the consistently white medallion, but especially the cartouche below it, which can be seen in exactly the same way in the small group of rugs with silk and cotton foundation. In this context, Kaffel points to a piece published as number 14 in "Through the Collector's Eye," the catalog for the first ACOR in 1991. It features the same main and secondary borders, the medallion, the green squares above it, as well as comparable secondary motifs in and above the spandrel, and even the triangular cubes protruding into the field.
The medallion, however, is rather crude, and the weaver quickly gave up on trying to render it correctly. Like the entire group, this piece is also dated between 1785 and 1827.
If we interpret the medallion in the rugs with silk and cotton foundation as being inspired by Holbein carpets, it is also striking that both the ACOR piece and the Weise carpet feature the Kotchanak border, as seen in Holbein examples from the 15th and 16th centuries.
Estimate: € 16000 - 22000
Caucasus, dated 1206 (1791)
Condition: good for its age, low pile, several professional restorations
Published: "Weise Collection - Ambassadors from the Orient", Roland Weise, 2019, page 30
Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool
In his 2019 book "Ambassadors from the Orient", on page 30, collector Roland Weise compared this wonderful little rug with the other piece discussed here and its relatives. At first glance, this seems a bit bold, but it becomes understandable when we compare an intermediate example illustrated as number 24 in Ralph Kafel's "Caucasian Prayer Rugs".
First, there are the triangular shapes around the consistently white medallion, but especially the cartouche below it, which can be seen in exactly the same way in the small group of rugs with silk and cotton foundation. In this context, Kaffel points to a piece published as number 14 in "Through the Collector's Eye," the catalog for the first ACOR in 1991. It features the same main and secondary borders, the medallion, the green squares above it, as well as comparable secondary motifs in and above the spandrel, and even the triangular cubes protruding into the field.
The medallion, however, is rather crude, and the weaver quickly gave up on trying to render it correctly. Like the entire group, this piece is also dated between 1785 and 1827.
If we interpret the medallion in the rugs with silk and cotton foundation as being inspired by Holbein carpets, it is also striking that both the ACOR piece and the Weise carpet feature the Kotchanak border, as seen in Holbein examples from the 15th and 16th centuries.
Estimate: € 16000 - 22000