Afshar chanteh

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Price €110 (EUR)

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hot red?

Item Details

  • Size

    33cm(W) x 22cm(L) / 1'1"(W) x 9"(L)

  • Condition

    Very Good

    2 very small holes in the back.

  • Structure

    pile, symmetrical knot with a weft-faced plain weave back and a couple of rows of supplementary weft float repair threads running through at the top. Depressed warps.

  • Materials

    wool and camel with some remnants of a goat hair side wrap on one side.

  • Full Description

    there is a rather hot red used in two places in the border and the plum brown field dye looks to be less than sterling. The design though is very creative, possibly unique. The field consists of 2 botehs above and on both sides of a diamond. The design ambiguity of the diamond is most intriguing. An anachronistic (neolithic 'cult of the bull') set of bull horns is clearly drawn. This concept persists in the weavings of almost all the central Asian tribes and is not so unusual in itself. What is unusual is the small rod or bullet shaped object that seems poised to penetrate the open space in the fork created by the open end of the horns. I'm sure Mr. Douglas would have a field day expanding on the potential meanings of this seemingly innocent icon. Another way to read this diamond is as a vase with a flower growing out of the top.