Lot n° 150
Estimation :
1200 - 1500
EUR
Important KIZIL-AYAK carpet, (Central Asia), early 20th cent - Lot 150
Important KIZIL-AYAK carpet, (Central Asia), early 20th century
Dimensions : 310 x 220cm.
Technical features : Wool velvet on wool foundation.
The field of this raspberry carpet is covered with a pattern of curious diamond-shaped "Tchemtche" and hooked gühls surrounded by an old gold and navy "flamboyant crown". These are interspersed with more classic multicolored "Dyrnak" gühls with scolopendres. The main ivory border features a stylized wavy plant garland in old gold, flanked by two polychrome floret borders. Highlighting "aux chiens courant". Two magnificent wine-red "Élems" reserves with polychrome trees of life complete the ensemble.
"In the 19th century, the Tékké tribe was the most important of all Turkmen tribes, occupying most of the area between the Caspian Sea and the Amou-Daria river. The motifs that decorate the surface of Turkmen carpets are geometric patterns called Gühls. Each Turkmen tribe has its own way of defining and stylizing this motif, which characterizes them. The main tribes are the Tékké, Yomud, Kizil-Ayak, Djafarbay, Göklan and others. These Turkmen carpets, which were knotted in the first part of the 20th century, have a very fine knot and a silky, patinated wool. The cities of Bukhara and Samarkand, now in Uzbekistan, were for hundreds of years major cities on the Silk Road.
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