 Sotheby's Azerbaijan
carpet, South Caucasus/Northwest Persia
Salyr
Main Carpet
The
Langauer Salyr Turkmen Main Carpet
The
Thompson Saryk Turkmen Main Carpet
Ersary
Main Carpet 2
Tall
Gol Teke Main carpet
Cocoon
Arabachy Chuval
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The Gushly
Göl
The breakup of the Oguz Turk confederation
dates back for about for over 700 years.
Therefore when we see shared design attributes we
know that the design predates the point at which
the split occurred. The three main Ohguz groups
can best be defined by language group. The
primary Oguz descendents are the Northern Azeri,
the southern Azeri, and the Turkmen. So when we
see the design in both the Azeri groups and the
Turkmen groups we know it is an Oguz design.
Take for example the rug illustrated as plate
33 in Mackie,
Louise & Thompson, Jon. Turkmen a 18th c.
or earlier Turkish rug stolen from the Great
Mosque in Divrigi mosque in Turkey (now believed
to be in an English collection). This rug has a
gul that bears a marked resemblance to the Gushly
Göl/Teke Göl. So if these shared
characteristics occur in Central Asia and in
Turkey then it stands to reason that the Göl is
a Turkmen Göl that predates the Ersari/Azeri
(Seljuk/Saltuq) split in the 13th century.
Gushly Göl
The Gushly Göl (trade name - Gulli Gul) is
the primary main carpet Göl of the Ersary
Confederation including the breakaway Salyr
and it's offshoots including the Saryk
and Teke.
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