Antique Caucasian Shirvan Rug w/ structure J. C. Oliveira

I spotted this Shirvan Rug on www.cloudband.com offered by my dear friend J. C. Oliveira of Macau. Trusted Resource List - Rug & Carpet Dealers Outside The U.S. - Jewel of the Caucasus. Email jewels_ofthe_caucasus@yahoo.com Web pages www.asianart.com/jewels_of_the_caucasus/

The Oliveira Antique Caucasian Shirvan Rug with an Hexagonal Column

• Size: 176 x 113 cm

• Region: West Asia > Caucasus > Northeast Caucasus > Shirvan

• Type: Rugs and Carpets

• Date/Period: 19th century : late

• Materials: soft wool, natural dyes

• Structure: Knots: 54 (v) x 30 (h) = 1,620 / dm2

• Condition: Very good, with good pile all over. A few knots missing at one end.

• Full Description
  A very nice Shirvan rug with a column of three hexagons with latch-hooked diamonds with geometricized flowers.The field of this uncommon Shirvan rug also presents some similarity with the Zejwa design, a derivation of the Sunburst, Chelaberd or Eagle design of Karabagh. The crowded composition around the central medallion is unusual. The display of only three hexagons is also uncommon. The main border is a beautiful development of the traditional ‘leaf-and-calyx' border design.

Literature: See somewhat similar rugs on: Ian Bennett, Oriental Rugs - Volume 1 Caucasian, Suffolk, UK, 1981, plates 256-261; Ulrich Schurmann, Caucasian Rugs, Poolesville, 1990, plate 66; E. Gans-Ruedin, Caucasian Carpets, Thames and Hudson, London, 1986, pp. 200-201; see also pp. 274-275; Harold M. Keshishian (ed.), The Treasure of the Caucasus - Rugs from American Collections, Washington D.C.1992, plate 7; Richard E. Wright, Rugs and Flatweaves of the Transcaucasus, Pittsburgh, 1980, plate 24.

A Note from JBOC:

I see this rug a little differently than Jorge does. Based on my research I suggest that an attribution of Shirvan Karagashli is in order. This rug is a variant of a popular and much sought after type. Normally Karagashli rugs are attributed to Kuba but I feel there are Shirvan or Shirvan like Karagashli rugs that only differ from a standard Shirvan weave in that they have a ribbed back.

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Thanks and best wishes,

J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

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