Doris Leslie Blau Early 20th Century Samarkand 'Khotan' Silk Rug

Early 20th century Samarkand (Khotan) carpet. Size: 6'0" × 9'0" (182 × 274 cm) A Samarkand (Khotan) rug, with a central medallion of overblown roses and cabbage leaves, the spandrels...

Early 20th Century Samarkand (Khotan) Yellow Handmade Wool Rug Size: 4'8" × 8'0" (142 × 243 cm) An early 20th century Samarkand (Khotan) rug with a Chinese-inspired design of a gold ...

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) Rug Size: 8'9" × 9'1" (266 × 276 cm) An antique rug with an orange field beneath a restrained geometric lattice of angular floral motifs within a blue bord...

An early 20th century Central Asian Samarkand rug with fourteen octagonal medallions on an indigo background, surrounded by multiple complementary geometric borders.

An antique, early 20th century, central Asian Samarkand rug with unusual diamond medallion amidst a field of flowers on a crimson background, surrounded by multiple contrasting flora...

An early 20th century central Asian Samarkand rug with a large circular medallion woven with a pomegranate motif on a pale indigo background, amidst a field of pomegranates in a natu...

An early 20th century Central Asian Samarkand rug with large diamond and floral medallion, amidst a field of flowers, surrounded by a complementary floral border, all woven in crimso...