Antique Turkmen Engsi, Ersary Tribes, Middle Amu Darya Region, Turkmenistan, Central Asia.

Name: Antique Turkmen Engsi, Ersary Tribes, Middle Amu Darya Region, Turkmenistan, Central Asia.
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1137708
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets

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").

Physical Dimensions

Height

200cm (78.74")

Width

153cm (60.24")

Declaration

Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets has dated this piece to the 1870s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1137708

Dealers Internal Reference

BM2174

Dealers Notes

Viewing by appointment only.

Description

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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.

Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets

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").