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Country of
Origin: Persia/Iran
JBOC Comments:
Description:
Bakhshaish rug with zoomorphic motifs
Northwest Persia
Circa 1870
180 x 148 cm (5’11” x 4’10”)
Symmetrically knotted wool pile on cotton warps and wool wefts
The zoomorphic motifs found on this particular
design help to define a subgroup of rugs made in the northwest Persian
village of Bakhshaish. These representations can be seen in the two
pairs of stylised dragons attempting to encircle a smaller animal-like
figure on the blue field, beside a cruciform, almost totemic element.
Such motifs can also be seen in the spandrels, where the green and red
scales of the dragons are abstracted in order to create quarter
medallion corner motifs. This typology originates from a group of very
early Anatolian rugs decorated by an axis element surrounded by two
pairs of stylised animals (see C. Klose, 'The Origin of the Serapi
Carpet Design', Hali, vol. 6, no. 4, London, 1984, pp. 401-402).
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