Early 20th Century East Turkestan Khotan Rug with Deer and Geese

This traditional handwoven Samarkand Khotan rug has a shaded fox-brown field scattered with auspicious symbols around an ivory central roundel, the key-pattern spandrels, in an ivory...

This antique Khotan rug has a deep indigo-blue field with an overall sandy-brown pomegranate and floral vine, in an outer broad sandy-brown border with cloud-motifs alternating with ...

This antique Khotan rug has a golden-yellow field with a central pomegranate shaped lozenge of shaded purple surrounded by delicate flower-heads and floral sprays with open angular s...

This antique Khotan rug has a stone-grey field with a central column of three roundels each containing an angular floral motif and linked circular motif bands, in a shaded soft buff-...

An antique East Turkestan pictorial vase Khotan rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 4' 9" x 8' 7".

An antique East Turkestan Khotan accent rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 4' 9" x 8' 11"

Situated along the ancient Silk Roads running between China and Central Asia, Khotan is an oasis city in the region of East Turkestan in what is now Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region in northwest China. Reflecting the geography in which it was woven, this piece blends elements of Central Asian and Chinese design. A central medallion is drawn in the center of an abstract field which actively combines a host of well-spaced floating motifs. Butterflies, shrubs and smaller floral forms are drawn spaciously spanning the area surrounding the medallion and in between two planted pots on either end of the field. Two borders derived from Chinese traditions frame the composition. With their pleasing light palette and spacious drawing, Khotan weavings...

A beautiful Turkestan Khotan rug with a beige field, and brown accents in floral medallion design. This rug Measures: 7'3'' x 12'6''.