Lot 109. Salor Turkmen Main Carpet (detail), Central Asia, West Turkestan, Ca. 1800. 318 x 245 cm. Estimate €58,000. Rippon Boswell, Wiesbaden, 25 November 2017.
To view the Rippon Boswell catalogue please click here
To view the Rippon Boswell catalogue please click here
Daniel Shaffer
Lot 109. Salor Turkmen Main Carpet (detail), Central Asia, West Turkestan, Ca. 1800. 318 x 245 cm. Estimate €58,000. Rippon Boswell, Wiesbaden, 25 November 2017.
To view the Rippon Boswell catalogue please click here

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