Harshang Pattern floral carpet (blue ground), 18th century, Khanates Period, Azerbaijan. Türk ve İslam Eserleri Museum, Istanbul. inv. no 152 (3957) from Cerablus, Turkey. 240 x 490 cm. published Serare Yetkin's "Early Caucasian carpets in Turkey", plate 91. Alternate rows of white indented stars and yellow and red palmettes. A lozenge is formed by four palmettes joined by a fine stem and encloses cartouches tipped with white arabesques and yellow and white filled palmettes. |
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