QASHQAI SHISHBOLUKI
Southwest Persian Antique Rug

(High-Collectible) ("Gold Coasts Collection") This amazing early Shishboluki tribal rug from the proudly innovative Qashqai people is supremely distinguished by an astonishing Mediterranean blue reserve that has been expertly striated in the dyebath to create its awesome dimensionality. Upon this oceanic background, a staggering multiplicity of flower and plant forms embellish the field—most certainly an enrapturing vision for a desert nomad. Neither chaotic nor overly uniform, each stylized frond and blossom is imbued with a dazzling variety of rare earthy hues. The signature ivory central medallion used in this piece is drawn with light-hearted reverence, sprouting two extremely short vertical pendants while the two on the horizontal axis lengthen and extend further afield. Emblazoned in its center is the beloved emblematic portable “hearth” that adorns many of this sub-style’s weavings. Indicative of its early creation, a mind-boggling suite of borders enclose this imagin

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