Oriental Rugs and Carpets
Oriental Rugs and Carpets King Street, Tuesday, 8 April 2014, Sale 1519 [All sold prices include buyer‟s premium] 112 lots sold Total: £3,770,250 /$6,262,385 /€4,550,692 77% sold by lot 145 lots offered $1.661= £1 / €1.207=£1 92% sold by value Lot Description Estimate (£) Price Realised Buyer £782,500 The Baillet-Latour Mamluk Carpet Egypt, probably Cairo, early 20 250,000 - 350,000 $1,299,733 Anonymous 16th century €944,478 £482,500 22 The Dirksen Cairene Carpet Egypt, second half 16th century 150,000 - 200,000 $801,433 Anonymous €582,378 £266,500 A Silk Kashgar Fragmentary Carpet, East Turkestan, late 123 80,000 - 100,000 $442,657 European Institution 17th/early 18th century €321,666 £230,500 84 A Kirman 'Vase' Carpet, South East Persia, late 17th century 80,000 - 120,000 $382,861 Anonymous €278,214 £230,500 A 'Variant' Medallion Ushak Carpet, West Anatolia, late 16th 96 40,000 - 60,000 $382,861 Anonymous century €278,214 £116,500 The Bernheimer Coupled-column Prayer Rug, West Anatolia, 13 50,000 - 80,000 $193,507 Anonymous mid-17th century €140,616 £98,500 A signed silk and metal-thread Koum Kapi Rug, Istanbul, 83 30,000 - 50,000 $163,609 UK Private Collector Turkey, circa 1920 €118,890 £80,500 21 A Chequerboard Rug, probably Damascus, Syria, 16th century 60,000 - 80,000 $133,711 European Institution €97,164 £56,250 90 A Tekke Bird Asmalyk, West Turkmenistan, circa 1800 20,000 - 30,000 $93,431 Anonymous €67,894 £50,000 81 A silk Hereke Carpet, West Anatolia, circa 1940 25,000 - 35,000 $83,050 UK Private Collector €60,350 Louise Broadhurst, Head of Oriental Rugs and Carpets, commented: “We are absolutely delighted with today‟s results.
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