One side of a double Caucasian Khorjin, Shahsavan or Shahsevan bag, Caucasus, 19th century Wool, sumak weave (sumac, soumac, soumak), decorated with five medallions typical of the Moghan Shah Savan repertoire. The eagle-beak border, unusual for this group, suggests that this work is from more northerly regions, of the Kazak, Kuba or Shirvan type. A similar example is in the Metropolitan Museum, New York (no. 2015.490.36). 53 x 52 cm Fairly poor condition. Wear, corrosion of black colors, restorations, fraying. Provenance: - Former collection of Michael Pacha Portakalian (1842-1897), high-ranking official at the court of Sultan Abdulhamid II, then by descent. - Heinrich Kirchheim, Orient Stars. Eine Teppichsammlung, Stuttgart-London 1993, no. 36. Bertram Frauenkecht, Schahsavan Sumakh Taschen.