Antique Khotan Rug ( Samarkand ,C1900, East Turkestan )

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A Very Decorative & Beautiful Khotan ( Samarkand ) Rug From East Turkestan Of China Sign up for my email newsletters by adding my eBay Store to your Favorites A Room Without A Rug Looks Empty & Unfinished Wool on cotton. Handknotted. This very unusual rug is from East Turkestan and is better known as Khotan (UIGHUR) Rug. These type of rugs were woven along sides of the Old Silk Road which the tradition of weaving rugs in that areas goes back to the antiquity. It Has an all over Turkmen design resting on a soft red ground. Uighur rugs are very rare and very much sought after by collectors and because of their decorative merits are very much loved and used by interior designers and decorators. This rug is a perfect companion for rooms with either modern or traditional furnishing and decor. It has a lot of characters with a dramatic look. for more information on Uighur Rugs please read article below. AGE: Circa 1900s. SIZE: 2.20 x 1.45m - 7'.3" x 4'.9". CONDITION: Good for its age. The pile is evenly down with some areas of slight wear. The rug has abrash (variation of colours). t are few small areas of repilling(please refer to images). COLOURS: Rusty pink, soft teraccotta. ESTIMATE: US$3000 to US$4000. All goods will be shipped after the clearance of the payment. STOCK NO: LY1122-1-511. We were a former associate of . Be sure to add me to your favorites list ! Check out my other items ! UIGHUR RUGS (East Turkestan) The art of carpet making has developed since time immemorial in the vast territory of eastern Turkestan. The oasis towns of Khotan, Yarkand and Kashgar have been considered the main production centres of rugs in eastern Turkestan since antiquity and among these Khotan has always played the dominant role. The entire town is in some way involved in the production of carpets and it houses a great number of workshops and ateliers. Traditional Uighur rugs are entirely made from wool, a wool and cotton blend or from silk. Those in wool are made using high quality fibers taken from a special breed of sheep. The silk for rugs was produced locally, using techniques that had evolved since antiquity. Uighur weavers use both horizontal and vertical looms; the latter are more common and also permit a greater degree of control over the knotting. Uighur rugs stand out for a variety of different decorations, including composition developed around geometric motifs that might be inspired by plants or animals. A special mention must be made of figural carpets. Figural compositions of any sort vanished from the local repertory for many centuries until the 19 th century, but as often occur in decorative languages, expressions survived in which elements can be recognized from an earlier consolidated ornamental motif. The most wide spread compositions are figurative in the strict sense of the term but they are not narrative; they reproduce animals in landscapes in a naturalistic manner; they are distinguished by their static nature and by lack of action. (from an article in Gh Magazine) Kingdom of Khotan The Kingdom of Khotan is an ancient Buddhist kingdom that was located on the branch of the Silk Road that ran along the southern edge of the Taklamakan desert in the Tarim. (The area lies in present day Xinjiang , China ). Capital The ancient city of Khotan was the capital, now known by its modern Chinese name Hetian -- also Romanised Hoton or Khoton ) Built on an oasis its mulberry groves allowed the production and export of silk and silk rugs in addition to the city's other products such as jade and pottery. Culture According to legend, the foundation of Khotan occurred when the eldest son of the Indian Buddhist emperor Ashoka settled t in the early 3rd century BCE. However, it is likely to have existed earlier than this as the Yuezhi (known later as the Kushans ) had been trading the famous nephrite jade from the region to China for some centuries prior to... read more

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