A Moghan rug, Kazak region, south Caucasus, c. 180 x 107 cm
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Circa 1900. Polychrome octagons with twenty-two memling güls. An narrow main border with a flower vine.
Wear. Stains. Repairs. Hole.
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The depicted carpet pattern with güls (medallions) and hook ornaments is one of the world's oldest. The term 'Memling güls' comes from the painting "Flowers in a Jug" by Hans Memling from around 1485. In which a smaller carpet with the pattern is depicted. Today the painting is in the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, (Inv. no. 284.b.).
