CAUCASIAN CARPET

Late 19th century
Handwoven, wool, natural dyes
106.75 x 56.5 in (271.5 x 143.5 cm)

There is a black fabric sleeve sewn on the back of the carpet in case it is desired to be hung

NON-EXPORTABLE

This lot will be shipped in a roll

A handsome and imposing Caucasian carpet from the Moghan region of the Caucasus mountains. The red ground field is overlaid with twenty-seven octagons arranged in rows of three, with each octagon encompassing a single bold Memling gul. These guls were adaptations of a similar design painted by Hans Fleming on carpets covering church altars in his Renaissance period paintings in the 16th century. A minor narrow lightning strike border frames the perimeter around the inner edge, further reinforced by a dominant reciprocal sawtooth border in white and red on the outer perimeter.