Sold for:
$1,599
$1,599
Yomud Engsi and an Asmalyk and a Tekke Fragment, West Turkestan, mid to late 19th century, the engsi with an aubergine-brown field displaying staggered "tuning fork" motifs with an ivory contiguous diamond-patterned inner border, "ashik" gul patterned main and minor borders, pole tree elem, 5 ft. x 4 ft. 4 in., the asmalyk with staggered "ashik" guls in ivory, light red, royal blue, blue/green, and brown within a similarly patterned main border, ivory "running dog" minor border, 2 ft. 5 in. x 4 ft. 5 in., and the Tekke displaying three rows of seven guls flanked by "tshemtshe" minor guls, all in shades of red, blue, and ivory, 4 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 5 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-09-28
