Antique Chinese Khotan Rug Najaf Rugs it brings with it centuries

it brings with it centuries of cultural storytelling

Size: 202 x 130 cm | 6'8" x 3'4"

The Nomadic people of Afghanistan weave Shepherd's rugs

which originated in the Caucasus mountains and has been carried by Kazakh weavers into Afghan rug making over generations

Stock Number: BR466

Antique Chinese Khotan Rug Najaf Rugs it brings with it centuriesThis rug comes from Khotan, an ancient oasis city in the Xinjiang region of western China, sitting at the crossroads of the Silk Road where Chinese, Persian and Central Asian cultures met and traded for centuries. That position shaped everything about the way these rugs were made and what ended up in them. Khotan rugs are unlike anything else from China. Where most Chinese rugs draw from a strictly Chinese visual vocabulary, Khotan absorbed influences