Karazm, Turkestan & Grande Bukarie'. Central Asia. Caspian Sea. BELLIN 1749 map

Title: 1749 Bellin Map of Central Asia and the Caspian Sea -- Carte de Karazm, Turkestan et Grande Bukarie … Cartographer: J Bellin Year / Place: 1749, Paris Map Dimension (in.): 8.7 X 12.2 in. This

Map: 1. Carte de Karazm, Turkestan et Grande Bukarie. 2. Carte de la Petite Bukharie et Pays Voisin Cartographer: Jacques Nicolas Bellin Place & Date: Paris / 1749/1760 Size: 12" x 8 1/2" (each) Condi

Title: Petite Bukkarie'. Central Asia. Little Bukhara. W China. BELLIN/SCHLEY 1749 map Description: Carte de la Petite Bukkarie, et pays voisins [Map of Little Bukhara, and neighbouring countries] by

Title/Content of Map: Bellin: Two Maps of Tartary: Northeast & Central Asia Date Printed: 1749/1760, Paris Cartographer: Bellin Size: 12" x 8 1/2" (each) Bellin's highly detailed maps of Eastern and W

overview of the Turkish Empire at the close of the 17th century. The map is centered on Asia Minor, but extends west to Spain and the Kingdom of Algiers and east to the Caspian Sea and the Arabian Pen

Ancient Central Asia, eastern Black Sea region / Caucasus, Cimmerian, ca. early 1st millennium BCE. A striking iron sword with a stunning, openwork bronze hilt, all enveloped in russet and green patin

Ca. 1800, 60 x 110 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan The field design of this rare Salor torba consists of three rows of six octagonal güls; small petrol diamonds decorated with double hooks at each c

late 18th century, 261 x 130 cm, Central Asia, East Turkestan In the red field of this early rug from the oasis town of Khotan, large dark blue disc medallions are embedded in a basic design of leaves

18th century, 68 x 104 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan This fragment of an early Salor chuval has been cut all around; the left-hand side and upper border are missing. The field displays a spacious d

Ca. 1800, 76 x 75 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan Small-format knotted trappings of this kind are known as khalyks. Most of the surviving examples were woven by the Tekke tribe. On the day of the wed

Ca. 1800 or earlier, 56 x 95 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan This unusual bag face showing every sign of great age cannot be assigned to any of the tribal groups defined to date. It is finely and reg

First half 19th century, 189 x 99 cm, Central Asia, East Turkestan A fragment of a multiple prayer rug (saf) from the Kashgar oasis. The surviving section consists of four mihrab fields which are stil

First half 19th century, 97 x 90 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan The field design of this very rare, square sitting rug consists of three rows of five Memling güls and chemche secondary motifs. Star

first half 19th century, 82 x 111 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan The brown-red field contains nine large primary güls of the chuval type. The secondary güls are white or yellow diamonds quarte

mid 19th century, a = 77 x 118 cm b= 76 x 118 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan Turkmen asmalyks are trappings that were suspended from both flanks of the camel on which the bride, seated in a veiled l

First half 19th century, 51 x 113 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan A torba woven by the Karadashli tribe, with nine chuval güls and chemche secondary motifs in a red-brown field. The border shows sma

Mid 19th century, 76 x 116 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan A large Tekke tent bag of the ak chuval type. Always very finely and elaborately woven, such pieces were produced in a mixed technique: wide

First half 19th century, 35 x 70 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan The palette, knotting structure and wool suggest that this small bag face in the kap format is a Yomut weaving. Kaps almost identical

mid 19th century, 175 x 124 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan Another ensi of the same group was published by Elmby in 1990. There, too, the horizontal panel of the hatchlu cross is placed below the ce

early 19th century, 28 x 63 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan In addition to considerably larger chuvals and torbas, the Tekke Turkmen also produced smaller bags that are described as mafrash or kap, d

late 19th century, 78 x 112 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan The brown field contains nine large chuval guls and diamond-shaped secondary motifs. The elem shows five trees. Original upper finish, new

Mid 19th century, 170 x 133 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan A colourful hatchlu design door rug woven by the Igdir tribe. The four segments of the field are densely patterned with small diamonds comp

Second half 19th century, 254 x 190 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan This Tekke main carpet originally had a field design of four x ten primary güls, however it has been cut horizontally and rejoined

Second half 19th century, 165 x 146 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan This ensi woven in light colours is wider than most Yomut door rugs, and the brightly coloured tree forms in the two-panel elem are