CAUCASUS - Lot 149

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CAUCASUS - Lot 149
CAUCASUS Shirvan prayer-rug in wool velvet on a wool backing, decorated with a prayer niche (mirhab) shaped like a white cartouche-topped hat bearing the date 1293 in the Hijri calendar, and decorated with polychrome diagonal bands and stripes inlaid with rows of botehs. Triple borders, the main one being brick-red and decorated with rows of stylized crab claws shaped like hooks. Ganja region (present-day Azerbaijan) Dated 1875 150 cm x 91 cm Bibliography: - *Caucasian Rugs* by Ralph Kaffel (1998), - *Caucasian Rugs* by Ulrich Schurmann (1965), - *Caucasian Carpets and Beyond: The Weaving Culture* by Richard E. Wright and John T. Wertime, 1995, - *Oriental Rugs, Volume 1: Caucasian* by Ian Bennett, 1981
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