Antique Turkmen Engsi, Ersary Tribes, Middle Amu Darya Region, Turkmenistan, Central Asia.
Price
SOLDItem Ref
BM2174
Description
This beautiful, yet unusual Engsi (yurt door-rug), has an all-over design field rather than the more typical quartered field pattern. The natural madder-red glows in soft, lustrous wool and the rug is in near-mint condition.Note the change in the field motifs at the base where the weaver has changed from an angular blue motif to a more curvilinear 'birds-heads' symbol. The main inner border is also interesting and here the weaver has incorporated a vertical tree with hanging amulets - a symbolic design often found in Ersary weavings. The base of the engsi incorporates a rustic-brown elem with the same little trees and amulets and below this panel, a further elem but this time woven in diagonal bands of brocade.
This fabulous door-rug was made by Ersary tribes in the Amu Darya region of Turkmenistan circa 1870-1880.
Size: 2.00m x 1.53m (6' 7" x 5' 0").
Viewing by appointment only.
Internal Ref: BM2174
Dimensions
Height = 200 cm (79")Width = 153 cm (60")
Depth = 0 cm (0")
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