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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Jacques Cadry Collection
• Sale Date:
  02 Apr 2017 ~ 2pm
• Lot #:
  29
• Lot Description:
  A pictorial rug, Turkey, dated AH 1331/1913 CE, although likely made in the 1930s and intended to commemorate the events of 1915
  136 x 99 cm
• Notes:
  The rug honours and portrays Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881–1938), who was the founder and first president when the modern republic of Turkey was formed in 1923 in the aftermath of WWI. He is seen in the trenches at Gallipoli accompanied by three Turkish soldiers standing with bayonets mounted on their rifles, spent bullets at their feet. The image illustrates a popular story about the landing of the Allied troops at Gallipoli in April, 1915. Ataturk is said to have seen Turkish soldiers fleeing the invasion claiming they had run out of ammunition. He ordered them to fix their bayonets instead and remain visible to the invaders. While the Allied troops hesitated at the sight of them, Ataturk is said to have called up reinforcements. The rug is inscribed in the Latin alphabet ‘Isparta frontier, M.M. Kemal Çanakkale (Gallipoli)’.
• Estimate:
  A$6,000 - 8,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Textiles & Fabrics

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