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
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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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