An antique East Turkestan Khotan carpet. Very rarely are Khotan carpets from Xinjiang province in western China so large. The brown field displays seven columns of the vase and pomegranate tree design, so popular in Eastern Turkestan rugs. The allover effect is really that of a millefleurs pattern. The most important border deploys the ‘Yun Tsao Tou’ multicolor striped wave/cloud pattern.