Sold for:
$523
$523
Saryk Tent Band Fragment, West Turkestan, first half 19th century, the field comprised of four-and-a-half rectangular compartments inset with a red-brown, highly stylized, asymmetrical tree, bracketed devices with starbursts and ram's horns, all within a stepped diamond border, ivory cotton highlights throughout, 3 ft. x 10 in. Literature: For a similar example please see Tent Band, Tent Bag, Classic Turkmen Weaving , Jack Cassin and Peter Hoffmeister, 1988, plate 39, p. 123.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-03-28
