5'4" X 2'4" Antique Kashan Meditation Rug [SH-386] Bashir Long Rug

5'4" X 2'4" Antique Kashan Meditation Rug [SH-386] Bashir Long RugOne of a kind, rare antique Kashan meditation rug. Sprouting up from a lower compartment containing scrolling arabesque vines in glowing red and camel. Two camel ground trees of life, a profusion of stems bearing leaves and flowers, vivid red and turquoise. A third tree grows above them, filling the turquoise outlined niche. The uppermost branch ends appear to depict bird or duck heads with bills. The wool is kurk, sheared from the necks of baby

1’9” x 2’3”

Age: Circa 1850-1900

Originating from the Herat region of Afghanistan

A glowing trefoil border is glacier blue on four sides

Kashmir Shawl Fragment

Versatile size

Great room size rug for any interior

this rug was made with some of the finest soft wool available

glossy wool patina

Circa 1880

The top and bottom have an Ashik gol pattern with curled leaves

Note: 'Yastik' translates to pillow in Turkish