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Lot 141 · Oriental Rugs and Carpets

West Persia, Circa 1890

A Bidjar Carpet

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Estimate
£4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $5,842–$8,763
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — ORIENTAL RUGS AND CARPETS, London · 12 October 2000
Record ID
TB-2026-6352601
Record
first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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A Bidjar Carpet, WEST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890. Christie's, 12 Oct 2000, lot 141. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6352601.

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From the same sale Oriental Rugs and Carpets · Oct 2000

LotArtistEstimateResult
Achdjian, Albert: Le Tapis , Paris, 1949; Achdjian, Albert and Berdj:… Achdjian, Albert: Le Tapis , Paris, 1949; Achdjian, Albert and Berdj: Tapis d'Orient , Paris, 1979; Bennet, Ian: The Book of Oriental Carpets and Rugs , London, 1972; Bennet, Ian: Tapis du monde entier , 1982; Burlington House, London: Exhibition of Persian Art , London, 1931; Calatchi, Robert de: Tapis d'Orient , Paris, 1967; Prisse D'Avennes, Henri: L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments de Caire , Paris 1877; Falk, Toby: Qajar Paintings , London, 1972; Holt, Rosa Belle: Rugs, Oriental & Occidental , Chicago, 1901; Lewis, Griffin G.: The Mystery of the Oriental Rugs , Philadelphia and London, 1914; Lewis, Griffin G.: The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs , Philadelphia and London, 1913; Lings, Martin: The Quranic Art of Calligraphy & Illumination , London, 1976; Mazzini, Ferdinando: Tappeti Orientali , Livorno; Migeon, Gaston: Art Musulman , Paris, 1956; Mumford, John Kimberly: Oriental Rugs , New York, 1900; Windels, Fernand: Le Tapis , Paris, 1935, and twenty-two others works on similar subjects (38) £600–£900
Babayan, Levon: The Romance of the Oriental Rug , Toronto, 1925; Beau… Babayan, Levon: The Romance of the Oriental Rug , Toronto, 1925; Beaumont, Robert: Carpets and Rugs , London, 1924; Brice, William C. (ed.): An Historical Atlas of Islam , Leiden, 1981; Brunhammer, Yvonne: Tapis d'Orient , Paris, n.d. (1957); Calatchi, Robert de: Oriental Carpets , Rutland, Vermont, Tokyo, 1970; Clifford, Chandler R.: Rugs of the Orient , New York, 1911; Emery, Irene: Archaeological Textiles, vols. I, II, III, IV , Washington D.C., 1974; Erdmann, Kurt: Europa & der Orientteppich , Berlin and Mainz, 1962; Erdmann, Kurt: History of the Early Turkish Carpet , London, 1977; Grote-Hasenbalg, Werner: Carpets of the Orient, a short guide , Leipzig, n.d. (?1939); Hawley, Walter A.: Oriental Rugs, Antique and Modern , New York; Jacoby, Heinrich: Eine Sammlung Orientalischer Teppiche , Berlin, 1923; Kendrick, A.F.: The Emperor's Carpet , London, 1928; Kendrick, A.F. and Tattersall, Creassy, E.C.: Fine Carpets in the Victoria and Albert Museum , London, 1924; Migeon, Gaston: Les Arts Musulmans , Paris, 1926; Wulff, Heinrich: A Collection of Oriental Carpets and Rugs belonging to H. Wulff , Copenhagen, 1934, together with twenty-four further works on similar subjects (40) £1,000–£1,500
East Caucasus, Circa 1850 A Kuba Runner £1,000–£1,500
Battilossi: Tappeti d'antiquariato 1985-1990 , Turin, 1990; Eskenazi,… Battilossi: Tappeti d'antiquariato 1985-1990 , Turin, 1990; Eskenazi, John: Il tappeto orientale dal XV al XVIII secolo , London, 1981; Meyer-Punter, Carl: Meisterwerke altpersischer Teppichknupferei , Zurich, 1921, and thiry-six other general reference works and dealers' catalogues on rugs and carpets (39) £450–£600
Beattie, May: Carpets of Central Persia , Sheffield, 1976; Fehervari,… Beattie, May: Carpets of Central Persia , Sheffield, 1976; Fehervari, Geza: Islamic Pottery (Barlow Collection) , London, 1973; Pope, Arthur Upham: A Survey of Persian Art ; Stead, Rexford: The Ardabil Carpets , Getty Museum, Malibu, 1974; Sykes, Sir Percy: A History of Persia , 2 vols., London, 1921, and twenty other works on Persia and Persian carpets (25) £800–£1,000
Aslanapa, Oktay: One Thousand Years of Turkish Carpets , 1988; Aslana… Aslanapa, Oktay: One Thousand Years of Turkish Carpets , 1988; Aslanapa, Oktay: Selçuklu Halilari , Istanbul, n.d. (?1974); Atil Esin: Turkish Art , Washington D.C., 1980; Butterweck, Georg and Orasch, Dieter: Das Standardwerk des Anatolischen Knupfteppiches Vienna, 1986; Kertesz-Badrus, Andrei: Turkish Teppiche in Siebenburgen , Bucharest, 1985; Iten-Maritz, J.: Le Tapis Turc , Paris, 1976: and sixteen further works on Turkish weavings (22) £400–£600

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