Number 1707
Material Wool
Style Prayer Rug
Type Anatolian
Origin Anatolian
Size 142 x 104
Age 1700
This is a museum quality work of Islamic art.
It is a 300 year old prayer rug from the weaving town of Kula in western Anatolia. The color palette is predominately earthy with a subtle peachy red and an eye catching Islamic green with symbolic religious resonances.
The prayer design is based around the ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐ prayer niche which is mirrored within the field with a wide band (containing scrolling arabesques) that curls back inwards at the base of the field, a so-called "re-entrant" movement that recalls the "Bellini" or "keyhole" prayer rugs of the 15th century.
A bold calligraphic band runs across the top of the ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐ arch. It presents a beautifully written rhyming couplet of Arabic poetry signifying a direct call to prayer:
ุนุฌููุง ุจุงูุตูุงุฉ ูุจู ุงูููุช
ู ุนุฌููุง ุจุงูุชูุจุฉ ูุจู ุงูู
ูุช
๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ค ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐
๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐
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