EAST TURKESTAN, MID 19TH CENTURY

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A KHOTAN RUG
EAST TURKESTAN, MID 19TH CENTURY
Of 'pomegranate' design, scattered repiling but mostly in good condition
9ft.9in. x 4ft. (297cm. x 122cm.)

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Lot Essay

More often associated with Yarkand, the design, which many refer to as a symbol of fertility, often features a vase at each end or the design can be mirrored to produce two separate pomegranate trellis issuing from a pair of independent vases at each end, see lot 211 in the present sale. A red ground Khotan rug with a similar polychrome cloudband border but with the unusual inclusion of a single vase, sold in these Rooms, 14 October 20014, lot 28

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