







Antique Khotan Area Rug (5' x 9')
Choose options
Dimensions: 5'7" x 9'0" (170 cm x 274 cm).
Circa: 1920.
Antique Khotan rug, circa 1920, hand-knotted and one-of-a-kind, with a refined East Turkestan pictorial design framed by a soft border of stylized sprigs and floral devices. Its pale ivory, sand, and celadon palette gives the composition an airy, decorative presence, while the central panel of vases, blossoms, and furnishing motifs showcases the distinctive artistic vocabulary collectors prize in Khotan weavings. An elegant choice for a living room, bedroom, or office.
Faded neutral tones of ivory, sand, celadon, beige, taupe, and camel, with a ivory field.
Khotan rugs are from the Chinese autonomous region of Xinjiang, Chinese Turkestan. These unique rugs made in the towns Khotan, Kashgar, and Yarkand are often referred to as Samarkand after the main trading town in the region. They have a combination of designs and being on the silk route have influences from their Chinese, Turkoman, and Turkish neighbors. Fretwork, cloud borders, trellis patterns, pomegranates and carnations all are incorporated into their designs. They are of long and relatively narrow size with simplistic and spacious designs.















































