Tashkent Suzani
Collection VOK: Suzani 1
The design, style and palette of this suzani embroidered in a long horizontal format suggest that it was made in the northern Uzbek city of Tashkent. A decorative wall hanging, it would either have adorned a large wall or, in the case of smaller rooms, extended around the corners. The eleven circular primary motifs in brilliant red indicate that this is a suzani of the “paliak” type. The plain-coloured circles surrounded by wide vines symbolise lunar discs, arranged into two offset rows in this item. In the lower section of the field, the six larger lunar discs fill an arcade of curved arches showing the same design of petrol leaves and red blossoms as the border. The five smaller lunar discs above them rest on the roofs of the arcades. The free spaces in the upper section of the field resulting from the composition are densely patterned in colourful filler motifs. – Slight signs of age and wear, several stains. Backed with canvas.
Origin:
Central Asia, Uzbekistan
Dimensions:
356 x 90 cm
Age:
First half 19th century
Estimate:
4,000.00 - 5,000.00 €
Published:
VOK, IGNAZIO, Vok Collection. Suzani. A Textile Art from Central Asia. (Text by Jakob Taube) Munich 1994, no. 1