172 - SOUTH CAUCASUS

SOUTH CAUCASUS Important Kazak rug High-quality, silky wool pile on a wool foundation Ruby-red field decorated with rows of endless knots, crabs, tarantulas, and geometrically stylized star-shaped flowers in polychrome, adorned with double geometric medallions in navy blue and golden yellow featuring compositions of multicolored cruciform star-shaped flowers. Seven borders, including the main one in golden beige decorated with rows of polychrome geometric crabs Circa 1980 265 x 192 cm Good overall condition; beautiful polychrome Bibliography: Ulrich Schurman, Edwin Gans Ruedin (*Caucasian Rugs*), Andrew Middleton (*A World Tour of Rugs*), Ian Bennett (*Rugs of the Caucasus*), Roger Bechirian