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Sotheby's Azerbaijan
carpet, South Caucasus/Northwest Persia
Salyr
Main Carpet
The
Langauer Salyr Turkmen Main Carpet
The Thompson Saryk Turkmen Main
Carpet
Ersary Main Carpet 2
Tall Gol Teke
Main carpet
Cocoon
Arabachy Chuval
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The Gushly Göl
The breakup of the Oguz Turk confederation dates
back for about for over 700 years. Therefore when we see shared design
attributeswe know that the design predates the point at which the split
occured. The three main Ohguz groups can best be defined by language
group. The primary Ohuz descendents are the Norther Azeri, the southern
Azeri, and the Turkmen. So when we see the design in both the Azeri
groups and the Turkmen groups we know it is an Ohguz design.
Take for example the rug illustrated as plate 33
in Mackie,
Louise & Thompson, Jon. Turkmen a 18th c. or earlier
Turkish rug stolen from the Great Mosque in Divrigi mosque in Turkey
(now believed to be in an English collection). This rug has a gul that
bears a marked resemblence to the Gushly Göl/Teke Göl. So if these
shared characteristics occur in Central Asia and in Turkey then it
stands to reason that the Göl is a Turkmen Göl that predates the
Ersari/Azeri (Saljuk/Saltuq) split in the 13th century.
Gushly Göl
The Gushly Göl (trade name - Gulli Gul) is the
primary main carpet Göl of the Ersary
Confederation including the breakaway Salyr
and it's offshoots including the Saryk
and Teke.
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