Number 2144
Material Silk
Style Animal
Type Anatolian
Origin Anatolian
Size 33 x 33
Age 1970
Quasi circular old Hereke silk thatβs actually a complex polygon with 16 vortexes!
Everyone else thought it was a circle but in fact itβs a multi-lobed Hexadecagonβ can you even imagine how difficult it is to weave that by hand? Euclid is smiling down at us from across time and space!
And then thereβs the Phoenix π¦βπ₯ Bird iconography. This sure ainβt your average silk Hereke. This is more special than most.
Funny thing is that I got this as change for a bigger deal I made. Now I have it, I realize itβs worth more than I suspected. Itβs also signed by the artist Aynur, well known back in the day for this celebrated βstarβ shaped carpets π
33 cm diameter (for diametrically opposed vertices, 8 star points apart)
Circa 1970
Perfect condition
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