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A west Anatolian "Lotto" rug fragment, 17th century, c. 142 x 115 (including frame 155 x 124 cm).
Estimate
18 000 - 20 000 SEK
1 600 - 1 780 EUR
1 610 - 1 790 USD
Hammer price
32 000 SEK
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A west Anatolian "Lotto" rug fragment, 17th century, c. 142 x 115 (including frame 155 x 124 cm).
A red ground with a stylized arabesque pattern in yellow. A wide dark blue main border with cartouches.
More information
'Lotto' carpets derive their name from the Renaissance painter Lorenzo Lotto, (c. 1480 – 1556). Lotto depicted an example in ‘The Alms of St. Anthony’, 1542, Venice, although they also appear in other and earlier works such as Sebastiano del Piombo's ‘Cardinal Bandinello Sauli’, of 1516. This indicates that the earliest examples are at least from the very early 16th century. The pattern continued to be popular until the late 18th century.