THE ULMKE COLLECTION OF AZERBAIJANI-CAUCASIAN RUGS Wednesday, 1 December 2021 - 10:00 AM start
A Shemakha, Shirvan rug, circa 1900. 290 x 128cm
Realised: $2,600 plus premium
Lot Details
An imaginative and varied field of giant palmettes decorates the field, in a pattern Professor Kerimov refers to as 'berket' (blessing, abundance, excess). The main border formed by diagonal double-S motifs flanked by reciprocal crenelations. Literature: Azerbaijani-Caucasian Rugs (The Ulmke Collection, Switzerland) Cat. No. 69/ page 290
