Antique 'Ru Korssi', Timuri Tribes, Borderlands of North-Eastern Persia / North-Western Afghanistan.
Price
£1,450
| $1,858 USD | €1,761 EUR
Item Ref
BM2007
Description
The 'Ru Korssi' was a flat-woven decorative cover for the 'mangal' - a wooden frame placed in the tent or mud-brick dwelling under which bowls of burning charcoal were placed. The mangal was then covered with blankets and on the very top, was place the symbolic, decorative cover, the ru korssi.This stunning ru korssi was woven by Timuri tribes during the last quarter 19th century and incorporates three 'trees-of-life' in the central natural aubergine ground and on either side protected by powerful borders.
The horizontal borders at the top and bottom contain one border line in knotted-pile. Also note at the very bottom of the aubergine field, two differing symbols on either side of the central tree.
I believe this represents the male and female symbols representing eternal life and fertility.
Size: 1.52m x 1.42m (5' 0" x 4' 8").
Viewing by appointment only.
Internal Ref: BM2007
Dimensions
Height = 152 cm (60")Width = 142 cm (56")
Depth = 0 cm (0")
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