25th Mar, 2025 16:00
The March Auctions 2025: Asian Art, Ceramics, Books & Manuscripts
A Salor torba
A Salor torba West Turkestan, first half 19th century, with 'lac' dyed silk details, the wine red field of Kejebe design with a single Kejebe medallion flanked by minor rhomboidal Kejebe motifs and framed by a Kochanak pattern border flanked by S guard stripes, one end with a Chamtos type end stripe, plain madder outer borders to three sides and an archaic plant elem, 122cm x 55cm
Provenance:
A private Welsh estate
Footnote:Salor torbas with similar motifs to the present example predominantly exhibit a stepped or T-shaped field, (see Uwe Jourdan, Oriental Rugs: Volume 5, Turkoman, Augsburg, 1989, p. 67, no. 4). However, examples similar to the present lot without the more common stepped border are known, notably an example in The Textile Museum, Washington D.C., Accession number 1980.13.9 (see: Louise W. Mackie and Jon Thompson, Turkmen: Tribal Carpets and Traditions, The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., 1980, p. 74, pl. 9). see link
The torba exhibits the classic spacious graphic design of Salor weavings. There is ingenuity to the negative space of the plain field and the Kejebe architectural field, creating a 'Seljuk' type star motif in the centre.
Chorley's bi-annual auction of Fine Books, Maps and Manuscripts includes a wide variety of works including a page from the Gutenberg bible.
A Salor torba West Turkestan, first half 19th century, with 'lac' dyed silk details, the wine red field of Kejebe design with a single Kejebe medallion flanked by minor rhomboidal Kejebe motifs and framed by a Kochanak pattern border flanked by S guard stripes, one end with a Chamtos type end stripe, plain madder outer borders to three sides and an archaic plant elem, 122cm x 55cm
A private Welsh estate
Salor torbas with similar motifs to the present example predominantly exhibit a stepped or T-shaped field, (see Uwe Jourdan, Oriental Rugs: Volume 5, Turkoman, Augsburg, 1989, p. 67, no. 4). However, examples similar to the present lot without the more common stepped border are known, notably an example in The Textile Museum, Washington D.C., Accession number 1980.13.9 (see: Louise W. Mackie and Jon Thompson, Turkmen: Tribal Carpets and Traditions, The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., 1980, p. 74, pl. 9). see link
The torba exhibits the classic spacious graphic design of Salor weavings. There is ingenuity to the negative space of the plain field and the Kejebe architectural field, creating a 'Seljuk' type star motif in the centre.
Fine Books & Manuscripts
Chorley's bi-annual auction of Fine Books, Maps and Manuscripts includes a wide variety of works including a page from the Gutenberg bible.
Top kilim edge sewn over. left side with striped kilim back segment sewn under. lower left corner with tear, lower left side pulled out damaging plain outer guard and selvedge with exposed foundation, lower selvedge to that side double and possibly renewed. Remaining selvedge single and appears original. Upper left side pulled out and small hole exposing foundation. Loss to lower right corner and side. Some wear to field throughout with corrosion to the lac dyed sections with lower pile—the back with some discolouration in parts.
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Auction: The March Auctions 2025: Asian Art, Ceramics, Books & Manuscripts, 25th Mar, 2025
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