Bidspirit auction | AN ANATOLIAN SIGNES SILK PRAYER

AN ANATOLIAN SIGNES SILK PRAYER RUG, HEREKE, 2ND HALF 19TH CENTURY - A very fine hand-knotted luxury rug from Turkey. Natural silk on silk. Generous cartouches inscribed with calligraphic lettering frame the mint green prayer niche. Highly elegant silk harem with koum-kapi ”Sultan's Head” pattern. Nobly drawn poetry cartouches in the border. Slight signs of age and wear. Overall good condition 155 by 105 cm.