An antique Bergama carpet, west Anatolia, ca 220 x 180 cm
The second half of the 19th century. A red melange ground with a large ivory medallion and polychrome ornaments, as well as smaller medallions with memling güls.
Literature
Compare Spuhler, Friedrich: Oriental Carpets in the Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin, London, 1988, no.51, pp.50-51 and plate p.194
More information
Compare with Christies. New York, "Fine European and Oriental Carpets", 2005 lot 173.
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