Antique Salt-Bag, Shahsevan Tribes, Moghan, Azerbaijan
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BM554
A rare and beautiful Salt-Bag (Namakdan), woven by Shahsevan tribes in the Moghan region of Azerbaijan during the mid 19th century. Salt-bags of this quality and age are extremely rare in todays market-place and this is a great example of its type.
Size: 61cm x 40cm (2' 0" x 1' 4").
Size: 61cm x 40cm (2' 0" x 1' 4").
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Antique Salt-Bag, Shahsevan Nomads of Hashtrud, North-West ...
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LPN4
This magnificent salt-bag - 'namakdan' in Persian - was originally part of my private collection of bags, but I've decided I'd rather pass it on to someone who will enjoy it rather than it stuck in a camphor chest! The bag is rare, complete with braided hanging cord and superb in every way. Woven by Shahsevan nomads in the Hashtrud region of north-west Persia/Azerbaijan, bags like this were used for storing rock-salt which was given to their animals to help in the dehydration process during long migrations. A very collectable salt-bag an illustrated in my 3rd edition 'Tribal Rugs - Treasures of the Black Tent' page 263.
Size: 67cm x 40cm (2' 2" x 1' 4").
Size: 67cm x 40cm (2' 2" x 1' 4").
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Antique Mafrash Panel, Shahsevan Nomads, Moghan Region, ...
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BM/DR3
Woven by Shahsevan nomads in the Moghan Plain around 1870-1880, this panel originally comprised a large bedding-bag or cargo-bag, used for transporting bedding during long migrations. Such mafrash were heavily used and thus often came apart, were discarded and new mafrash woven. This panel is particularly attractive and rare as it incorporates the stylised 'peacock' or 'winged griffin' in three horizontal bands - two bands woven in madder-red and a single central band in indigo-blue.
Size: 1.05m x 0.61m (3' 5" x 2' 0").
Size: 1.05m x 0.61m (3' 5" x 2' 0").
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Antique Salt-Bag, Shahsevan Nomads, Azerbaijan.
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BM/JM1
Woven by Shahsevan nomads circa 1900, the fantastic natural colours and fine weft-float brocading on the face of this stunning salt-bag is just superb. This certainly ranks amongst the very best of salt-bags from this tribe. The bag is complete with plain-weave back in horizontal bands of all the colours used in the face, and with original selvedges and tufted corners symbolising 'good luck', this is a highly collectible bag.
Size: 64cm x 48cm (2' 1" x 1' 7").
Size: 64cm x 48cm (2' 1" x 1' 7").
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Antique Salt-Bag, Shahsevan Nomads, Moghan Region, Azerbaijan. ...
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LPN7
Another superb Shahsevan salt-bag, this time in knotted-pile on the face and horizontal bands of plain-weave on the back, and made by Shahsevan nomads in the Moghan Steppe around the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Stunning in its simplicity with an ivory '8-pointed star' in the centre - a symbol of happiness, fertility and masculinity. Note around the lozenge in the neck of the bag, four 'quincunx' or dice-fives - these symbolise protection against the evil eye.
Size: 48cm x 40cm (1' 7" x 1' 4").
Size: 48cm x 40cm (1' 7" x 1' 4").
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Antique Saddle-Cover, Shahsevan Tribes, Azerbaijan
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BM681
This magnificent knotted saddle-cover, shows the opening for the cantle and virtually unseen, a small slit for the pommel. The cover was made by Shahsevan tribes in the Moghan region of Azerbaijan during the third quarter of the 19th century with good vegetable dyes. The majority of Shahsevan horse trappings tend to be highly intricate flatwoven horse covers but in this saddle cover, we find a rare and very collectable knotted-pile weaving. It is in very good condition bar only two small re-weaves on each side of the cantle.
Size: 91cm x 76cm (3' 0" x 2' 6").
Size: 91cm x 76cm (3' 0" x 2' 6").
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Antique Mafrash Panel, Shahsevan Nomads, Moghan, Azerbaijan. ...
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BM/NG
This panel once formed one of the side panels to a large bedding bag (mafrash), woven by Shahsevan nomads during the second half of the 19th century. It is extremely finely woven and shows the high level of expertise and care that went into making such utilitarian bags.
Size: 1.00m x 0.41m (3' 3" x 1' 4").
Size: 1.00m x 0.41m (3' 3" x 1' 4").
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Antique Saddle-Bag, Shahsevan Tribes, Moghan Region, Azerbaijan. ...
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BM481
This is a fantastic complete saddle-bag of the Shahsevan tribes, made in the Moghan region of Azerbaijan during the last quarter of the 19th century. The bag is in excellent condition with both original and some replaced over-binding on the selvedges. The natural colours are wonderful, as is the fabulous design!
Size: 1.37m x 0.51m (4' 6" x 1' 8").
Size: 1.37m x 0.51m (4' 6" x 1' 8").
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Antique Woven Bag, Shahsevan Tribes, Azerbaijan
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BM577
Woven by Shahsevan tribes during the last quarter of the 19th century, this bag is in original condition with red, plainweave back and side bindings. There is some minor damage to the lower left corner and a small hole in the back - all due to wear and tear during the hard nomadic life of the Shahsevan nomads.
Size: 29cm x 23cm (11" x 9").
Size: 29cm x 23cm (11" x 9").
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Antique Mafrash End Panel, Shahsevan Tribes, Moghan ...
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BM10
This stunning panel was once the end panel of a large storage-bag or cargo-bag woven by Shahsevan nomads in the Moghan region of Azerbaijan during the second half of the nineteenth century. Sadly, the whole bag must have been badly damaged through hard use and taken apart at some point in the past. Nevertheless, this end panel is an easier thing to display and shows the fabulous weaving done by this tribe in the nineteenth century using vegetable dyes.
Size: 1.10m x 0.60m (3' 7" x 2' 0").
Size: 1.10m x 0.60m (3' 7" x 2' 0").
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Antique Half Saddle-Bag, Shahsevan Tribes of Lowshan, ...
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BM1912
Once part of a pair of double saddle-bags, this survivor was recently found, strangely enough, in south-eastern Iran and sent to me. It's a beautiful example of early to mid 19th century Shahsevan weaving from the Lowshan region, Gilan Province, northern Persia. I have just had it washed and the colours have brightened considerably to the poor, grubby state it was in when it arrived!
I love the depiction of stylised dragon symbols in the lower and upper madder-red horizontal field panels (see the close-up photos) and framed in the centre, three octagonal shapes with ancient totemic symbols contained within. The left and right octagons are highlighted in ivory cotton, as is the main border surrounding the field and the additional panel at the very top. The remains of the plain-weave lappits are intact. A very collectible piece of early Shahsevan weaving.
Size: 59cm x 76cm (2' 0" x 2' 6").
I love the depiction of stylised dragon symbols in the lower and upper madder-red horizontal field panels (see the close-up photos) and framed in the centre, three octagonal shapes with ancient totemic symbols contained within. The left and right octagons are highlighted in ivory cotton, as is the main border surrounding the field and the additional panel at the very top. The remains of the plain-weave lappits are intact. A very collectible piece of early Shahsevan weaving.
Size: 59cm x 76cm (2' 0" x 2' 6").
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Antique Mafrash Side Panel, Shahsevan Nomads, Moghan, ...
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BM1668
This charming side panel was once part of a complete 'mafrash' - a large storage bag like a rectangular box-shape - woven in soumak technique. I love the central indigo-blue band with its depiction of three stylised peacocks - symbols of divine protection and prosperity. Woven around 1900 by Shahsevan nomads in the Moghan region of Azerbaijan, panels like this make interesting and attractive wall decoration.
Size: 51cm x 51cm (1' 8" x 1' 8").
Size: 51cm x 51cm (1' 8" x 1' 8").
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