3'7" X 6'7" Timuri Taimanak Khorasan [SH-353] antique kilim

3'7" X 6'7" Timuri Taimanak Khorasan [SH-353] antique kilimTimuri Taimanak Khorasan, Torbat e Djam, Northeast Persia. No later than 1870. In Saiwoch Azadi's Belutchtradition book, page 164, plate 39. We find close comparable medallions with interesting variations. Our example shows four complex medallions. Its two pairs of deep indigo bird figures are stretched to the inner border stripe. The lower opposing hooked bird heads motifs have eyes in both indigo and madder. The inner indigo border stripes sprout

and blue stars dance along the left and right axis of this dazzling blue background

An early rug (1860

see 'Skinner

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and hexagonal motifs

Dimensions: 3'1" x 5'3"

Two minor holes

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restoring dimmed tones to their natural color without damaging the material

with a Totemic-like goddess appearing in the center

Willow leaf trees

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