2 BOKHARA ORIENTAL RUGS, TURKESTAN.

2 BOKHARA ORIENTAL RUGS, TURKESTAN. Circa 1900. The larger, an Afghan example, with four octagonal medallions on a red rust field within indigo and cream latticework within a main border of rectangular panels, each centering a polychrome gul. The second, a Tekke example, with three rows of seven guls, all joined by indigo latticework, within crab and latticework borders, overall with vibrant shades of red, indigo and ivory. SIZE: First: 6’8″ x 3’6″. Second: 4’3″ x 3’6″. PROVENANCE: From an East Sangerville, Maine private collection, by descent from the estate of Caroline Wetmore Davidson Hiles (Warren, Pennsylvania – Brooklyn Heights, New York), to the present owner, a great-grand-daughter. After the death of her second husband, Mrs. Hiles, a suffragette, put her three sons in private schools and spent the rest of her life traveling the world by steamer with her English lady companion, Rose Pasco, and a cockatoo named Van Heemskerk. CONDITION: Both examples with overall general wear and losses to selvage and ends. Fair to good overall. 9-94941 (300-500)

Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - Winter 2009

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1061	$177.00	2 BOKHARA ORIENTAL RUGS, TURKESTAN. Circa 1900. The larger, an Afghan example, with four octagonal medallions on a red rust field within indigo and cream latticework within a main border of rectangular panels, each centering a polychrome gul. The second, a Tekke example, with three rows of seven guls, all joined by indigo latticework, within crab and latticework borders, overall with vibrant shades of red, indigo and ivory. SIZE: First: 6’8″ x 3’6″. Second: 4’3″ x 3’6″. PROVENANCE: From an East Sangerville, Maine private collection, by descent from the estate of Caroline Wetmore Davidson Hiles (Warren, Pennsylvania – Brooklyn Heights, New York), to the present owner, a great-grand-daughter. After the death of her second husband, Mrs. Hiles, a suffragette, put her three sons in private schools and spent the rest of her life traveling the world by steamer with her English lady companion, Rose Pasco, and a cockatoo named Van Heemskerk. CONDITION: Both examples with overall general wear and losses to selvage and ends. Fair to good overall. 9-94941 (300-500) Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - Winter 2009 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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