Konya Rug Tulip Pattern late 18th century

A KONYA RUG CENTRAL ANATOLIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY A KONYA RUG Enlarge Price Realized * £10,800 * ($18,911) * Price includes buyer's premium Estimate * £8,000 - £12,000 ($14,008 - $21,012) Sale Information Sale 7219 oriental rugs and carpets 6 April 2006 London, King Street Lot Description A KONYA RUG CENTRAL ANATOLIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY Slight wear, corroded brown, scattered small repairs, outer guard stripe and part of main border restored 8ft.9in. x 4ft.4in. (266cm. x 132cm.) Professor Christopher Alexander, sold in these Rooms, 15 October 1998, lot 209 Lot Notes The drawing and colouring of this rug is very close to that of a longer rug in the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, dated to the eighteenth century, (Marilyn Jenkins: Islamic Art in the Kuwait National Museum, London, 1983, p.148). An almost identical example to that is in the Kirchheim Collection dated to circa 1800 (E. Heinrich Kirchheim et al.: Orient Stars, a Carpet Collection, London, 1993, pp.246-7). Another example in the Orient Stars Collection, dated to the 18th century, although with noticeably brighter colours, has a border which is almost identical to that of the present rug. Department Information Seen on www.christies.com