Antique Turkish Silk Kayseri Pictoral Rug

An antique Turkish silk Kayseri Pictorial rug. The advancing  dark wine brown field displays animals in predator/prey combats (lions, bears, leopards, snakes, dragons; camels, bull, deer) and also unattacked ruminants against a leafy vine pattern with occasional human-headed ‘fruit’ (the ‘Vaq-vaq’ pattern).  This finely knotted city pictorial shows a recessive sand border with palmettes and fluffy arabesque strapwork.

• Hand-knotted in Turkey
• Silk
• One-of-a-kind