Doris Leslie Blau Vintage Samarkand ‘Khotan’ Rug

Vintage Khotan (Samarkand) rug Size: 4'4" × 6'4" (132 × 193 cm) The antique rugs of the oasis towns of East Turkestan are incomparable. These exotic oriental carpets from Kashgar, Yarkand and Khotan in the Chinese occupied Autonomous Region of Sikiang are collectively known as Samarkands. Typically, they are in a long and relatively narrow format with simplistic spacious designs rendered in a glossy wool, occasionally embellished with richly brocaded silk and metal-thread. The distinctive and prevailing colorations of lacquer reds, Chinese yellows, heavily influenced by the neighboring countries of China and Turkey, have been produced in this region since at least the seventeenth century. For thousands of years these lands of arid steppes, deserts and brutal mountain ranges were traversed by caravans of merchants and traders from China to Western Europe along the Silk Route. These unusual antique Samarkand carpets of Central Asia display...

Vintage Samarkand 'Khotan' Pale Dusty Pink, Beige, Brown Handmade Wool Rug Size: 5'2" × 10'7" (157 × 322 cm) A second quarter of the 20th century Samarkand (Khotan) carpet, the tan f...

Khotan rugs are produced in East Turkestan and are interchangeably referred to as Samarkand rugs due to their close proximity to the cultural city center of the same name. Khotan rug...

Khotan rugs were originally produced in East Turkestan and are interchangeably referred to as Samarkand rugs due to their close proximity to the cultural city center of the same name...