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A Yomut tent band, also known as a 'Navar', Southwestern Turkmenistan, c. 1295 x 33-37 cm.

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30 000 - 40 000 SEK
2 680 - 3 570 EUR
2 720 - 3 620 USD
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Unsold
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Christopher Stålhandske
Stockholm
Christopher Stålhandske
Head Specialist Carpets, textiles and Islamic works of art
+46 (0)708 19 12 58
A Yomut tent band, also known as a 'Navar', Southwestern Turkmenistan, c. 1295 x 33-37 cm.

Around 1880-1900. Bone white flat-woven ground with knotted polychrome patterns of a wedding procession and stylised ornaments.

Provenance

Previously in Peter Willborg's (1956-2019) private collection since 1983.

Literature

Metropolitan Museum of Art & Dimand, Maurice Sven, Oriental Rugs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1973, plate 191, p. 293.

More information

Compare with the nearly identical tent band in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, formerly part of the James F. Ballard Collection of Oriental Rugs.