A Ghiordes Prayer Rug West Anatolia. The indigo stippled mehrab with a repeating pattern of ivory carnation patera and an indigo crossband, twelve borders, 170 x 109 cm. Provenance: Sotheby's New Bond Street, Islamic Works of Art, Carpets and Textiles, lot 271, illustrated page 68, Wednesday 18 July 1984. Note: illustrated Ian Bennett (ed.), Rugs & Carpets of the World, New Burlington Books, London, 1977, p. 200