A SILK KOUM KAPI RUGISTANBUL, TURKEY, CIRCA 1920A SILK KOUM KAPI RUGISTANBUL, TURKEY, CIRCA 1920Overall excellent condition7ft.4in. x 4ft.11in. (224cm. x 149cm.)The knot count measures approximately 10V x 11H knots per cm. sq.The field design of this carpet is closely related to a group of early 17th-century Kirman 'vase' carpets, one of which was formerly in the Berlin Staatliche Museum and sadly thought to have been destroyed during World War II, illustrated in Friedrich Sarre and Hermann Trenkwald, Old Oriental Carpets, Leipzig, 1926, vol.II, pl.6 and the other still extant carpet is the Baltimore Museum 'Vase' carpet (see May H. Beattie, Carpets of Central Persia, exhibition catalogue, Sheffield and Birmingham, 1976, no 51, p.77).Although the present rug is unsigned it is closely related, both in design and finesse, to a silk and metal-thread Koum Kapi rug signed by the master weaver Hagop Kapoudjian, that sold in these Rooms, 23 April 2013, lot 23.细节 A SILK KOUM KAPI RUGISTANBUL, TURKEY, CIRCA 1920Overall excellent condition7ft.4in. x 4ft.11in. (224cm. x 149cm.) 注意事项 This lot will be removed to Christie’s Park Royal. Christie’swill inform you if the lot has been sent offsite. Our removal and storage of the lot is subject to the terms and conditions of storage which can be found at Christies.com/storage and our fees for storageare set out in the table below - these will apply whether the lot remains with Christie’s or is removed elsewhere.Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Christie’s Park Royal. All collections from Christie’s Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only.Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060Email: cscollectionsuk@christies.com.If the lot remains at Christie’s it will be available for collection on any working day 9.00 am to 5.00 pm.Lots are not available for collection at weekends.