BESSARABIA RUG, UKRAINE, 19th CENTURY In wool with polychrome decoration, decorated in the centre with a pond with swans in a medallion surrounded by garlands of flowers au naturel, the border with a motif of fleurons inscribed in a frieze of interlacing; wear, restorations Dimensions: 326 x 354 cm (128 ¼ x 139 ½ in.) Provenance : Sotheby's New York sale, 11 June 2008, lot 289 ; Christie's London sale, 17 May 2011, lot 260 (£ 12,500). A Bessarabian carpet, Ukraine, 19th century