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Antique East Turkestan Khotan Saph Carpet, No.18360 - Galerie Shabab

Antique East Turkestan Khotan Saph Carpet

No. 18360
East Turkestan, 1925
7 ft. 1 in. x 18 ft. 8 in.
(2.14 x 5.64 m)

An antique East Turkestan Khotan Saph carpet. This long central Asian carpet has two rows each of eleven pent roofs pointed niches in grey and slate under spandrels accented by double comma shapes in off white.  This is a saph carpet, one with niches for the individual worshipers in a mosque. Saph carpets were a Khotan specialty with both plain and decorated niche panels.

  • Hand-knotted in East Turkestan
  • Wool
  • One-of-a-kind

 
 
 
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