Christie's (London)
Rugs and Carpets -- Battilossi Tappeti d'Antiquariato
Wednesday, 11 February, 1998
LOT 116
A CHELABERD RUG
SOUTH CAUCASUS, ClRCA 1880
The shaded brick-red field scattered with a variety of floral and cruciform motifs together with animals and human figures around two large radiating sunburst medallions, in a golden yellow crab-rosette border between zigzag and minor mill-pattem stripes, a few small repairs 7ft.11in. x 4ft.7in. (241cm. x 140cm.)
Est: £6,000-8,000, US$9,900-13,000
Sold for £6,325
