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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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