Lot 207

EAST ANATOLIAN KAGIZMAN RUG

Unique hand knotted wool rug on wool warp, only natural colours. A rare collector's item of the famous yet uncommon ram's horn design and the mysterious hooked S-symbol. Wide border with protective "acrep" (scorpion) symbol. A very similar specimen was published, e.g. in the Kirchheim Collection (see Orient Stars, Kirchheim Collection). North-Eastern Anatolia, Kagizman, 18th-19th century.