£ 1,200.00
84 x 60cm ( mount size 94 x 67 cm) // Fragment 2ft 9 " x 2ft
Although the surviving fragment represents less than 1/4 of the original square format rug what survives is in almost as new pile condition. The colour remains fresh and undiminished in preservation. The design is what is known as Holbein type IV composition recognising a design as that depicted in the 1533 painting ' The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein. Bergama ( ancient Pergamon) lays in West Turkey north of Izmir and is known for its classical ruins which includes a amphitheatre.
CF Plate 32 Kurt Erdmann , The History of the Early Turkish Carpet , reprinted Oguz Press London 1977
Provenance : Collection of the late Sefik Fenman ex Turkish Minister of Protocal
Second half 18th cent
Ref • 16710
Price includes VAt at the full rate so likely less for export
