A rare antique Kazak prayer rug, c 1880


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A rare antique Kazak prayer rug

Code: WKZP44S

Age: circa 1880

Size: 112 x 165 cm

Size (ft): 3'8" x 5'6

Structure: wool pile, ivory wool warps and red wool wefts.

Condition: Good condition. Even low pile allover.

Knots: Gördes (Turkish, symmetrical)

Description: The main field design consists of 'rising' shrub palmettes on a yellow ground. This design is seen most frequently in Shirvan rugs. There are only a few examples are known from Kazak Region. Here, the stylized palmettes assume the appearance of shrubs with facing bird motifs on top. The unusual angled prayer arch 'floats' on the central ground detached from the main border. The main border carries a stylized pinwheel/swastika motif which can be seen in early Turkish rugs.

All natural colors including rare old purple/aubergine tone.

CF:
1) Rippon Boswell 23 May 2009, lot 32
2) Antique Caucasian Prayer Rug at 1stDibs
3) Rippon Boswell, 29. November 2008, lot 10

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