Number 1850
Type Caucasian
Material Wool
Style Prayer Rug
Origin Kuba
Size 144 x 114
Age 1320 (1902-3)
A beautiful antique Caucasian from the Kuba Khanate on an uncommon red ground. Elegant Kufic border, the center of the top half of which has a pentagonal mehrab-shaped inscription cartouche saying صاحبه حسن (owned by Hasan). Two similarly shaped cartouches in the upper field bear the date, one in mirror writing.
All in perfect condition.
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