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π—–π—”π— π—˜π—Ÿ π—›π—”π—œπ—₯ π—€π—”π—¦π—›π—€π—”π—œ π—₯π—˜π—Ÿπ—œπ—šπ—œπ—’π—¨π—¦ 𝗠𝗔𝗧

  • Number Sold

  • Material Wool

  • Style Prayer Rug

  • Origin Qashqai

  • Type Tribal

  • Size 55 x 45

  • Age 1880

Story

A unique work of ethnographic art, this tiny carpet punches far above its weight. As a general rule, nomads were illiterate and we barely find any writing on tribal rugs beyond the scarce signature here or a date there. Suddenly this appears and it is quite a welcome conundrum.

I spent long weeks at it until I cracked the puzzle. In short the carpet is a lengthy prayer chant, dedicated to the 12 Imams of the Shia. Their names are listed in angular script. The carpet most likely was made as a pious donation to a holy shrine in Fars province and the rug was based off a drawing made by a professional artist/calligrapher then copied by a Qashqai lady weaver.

The artwork has been published twice in the past:
- Woven Gardens: Nomad and Village Rugs of the Far Province of Southern Persia, David Black & Clive Loveless (eds)
- The Lost Language, Value & Symbolism in Oriental Rugs, John M Douglass & Sue N. Peters, vol.2, pl.80

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