11. Central Asia -- page 11 of 21
1 Turkish Pile Rugs
2 Turkish Pile Rugs
3 Turkish Flatweaves
4 Anatolian Yastiks
5 Anatolian Yastiks
6 Anatolian Yastiks
7 Anatolian Yastiks
8 Anatolian Yastiks
9 Anatolian Yastiks
10 Anatolian Yastiks
11 Central Asia
12 Central Asia
13 Central Asia
14 Central Asia
15 Central Asia
16 Caucasus
17 Turkish
18 Turkish Karaman 17c
19 Anatolian Hotamish Turkmen Kilim
20 Textile Gallery
21 Persian Rugs
22 More Anatolian Yastiks
Rugs and Trappings of Central Asia: The Collection of Dennis Dodds and Zinaida Vaganova
ABOVE: TURKMEN MAIN CARPET, Igdir tribe of the Yomut family, tauk nuska gul design, c 1800 and possibly earlier. The secondary diamond-shaped motifs in bright blue and green are colorful counterpoints and the skeletal cross-like designs inside are very rare.
ABOVE: TURKMEN MAIN CARPET, Igdir or Ogurjali tribe, "C-gul" type, 18th century. Among the very best of this type, this rare carpet is noted for its spacious composition of serrated medallions arranged in diagonal rows. A deep green dye in some of them adds another special aspect to the overall high standard of the carpet.
ABOVE: TEKKE, torba, an outstanding and early example of the 6-gol format with many features that set this apart as one of the best of its type. Circa 1800.
ABOVE: Fine nim (small) suzani from Shakhrizyabs in the region of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, c 1800. Delicate silk embroidery on purple silk ground. The size is 52 x 60 inches and is in excellent condition with only minor breaks and old mends. All sides are wrapped with the original red-white silk ikat. The back is missing. Published in ATLANTIC COLLECTIONS, Philadelphia, ICOC, 1996.
BALUCH, complete khorjin with back, circa 1900, 34 x 35 inches. SOLD
TIMURI, khorjin face with elaborate brocaded finihes, desirable design type,circa 1875, 23 x 24 inches.
