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Perepedil rug with Simurg motifs in a pseudo-Kufic main border Code: KUPER160 Size (metric): 120x160cm Size (ft)): 3'10"x5'3" Area: 1.92m2 Density: 153 000 knots per square meter, totally ~ 300 000 knots Weaving period: 3 months Colors: madder red, yellow, green, lavender, maroon, midnight blue, Persian blue, natural ivory (undyed), natural dark brown (undyed) Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, weld (Reseda Luteola), indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks, natural brown sheep wool, natural ivory sheep wool - all are eco-friendly and non-toxic Materials: all wool, handcarded and handspun wool for pile, ivory wool warps and ivory wool wefts Ends: five rows of decorative knotted meshwork Inscriptions: 1438 (=2017 weaving date), tamga (tribal seal) of Afshar tribe   Weavers name: Zeyneb Handwoven in Azerbaijan Design:  It carries the main features of the small sized mid 19th century Perepedil prayer rugs. The ivory field scattered with a variety of animals, birds (simurg), tamgas, tribal and floral motifs around alternating ram's horn and octagon motifs flanked by hooked dart-motifs, an angled keel-arch above, the spandrels with hooked lozenges and "well pulley"motifs, in a dark blue broad kufic border between polychrome diagonal striped "Pakhlava" (National Azerbaijani layered pastry with walnut filling) and flower head motif minor stripes Dated and signed with the tamga of Afshar tribe.

Simurgh (ancient Iranian benevolent, mythical flying creature) depicted in Zakarīyā al-Qazwīnī's "Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā’ib al-mawjūdāt" (Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing) book. XIII (13th) century

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