Antique Chinese Khotan Rug handknotted wool The wool comes from hardy

The wool comes from hardy sheep grazing at high altitude in the surrounding mountains

Quality: 24 x 24 quality meaning there is 576 knots per square inch in this rug

Size: 83 x 66 cm | 2'9" x 2'2"

which refers to the natural colour change in wool when it had been washed

central medallions

Antique Chinese Khotan Rug handknotted wool The wool comes from hardyThis rug comes from Khotan, an ancient oasis city in the Xinjiang region of western China, sitting at the crossroads of the Silk Road where Chinese, Persian and Central Asian cultures met and traded for centuries. That position shaped everything about the way these rugs were made and what ended up in them. Khotan rugs are unlike anything else from China. Where most Chinese rugs draw from a strictly Chinese visual vocabulary, Khotan absorbed influences