Number 1708
Type Village
Material Wool
Style Medallion
Origin Malayer
Size 145 x 97
Age 1870
This beautiful rug belongs to an exclusive group of ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฉ design Malayers with a plain open space with an alluring and highly symbolic undyed wool field in natural color.
They tend to appear in ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ rather than ๐ป๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฎ size. A beautiful ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ is posted on this site. This makes the present lot extremely rare.
The milky tonality has ancient Sufi mystical connotations and links the artwork to the wandering dervishes and their connection to the "soil of the earth", that which in English is usually phrased as "salt of the earth".
Timeless, rare and most charming.
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