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Although badly mutilated,this mat was offered by the Belgian dealer vasudara for a moderate price and was duly snapped up.

1-Vasudara

Other known examples include:

2-Rippon Boswell 58-103

3-Sotheby`s 5.4.2006-104

4-Auktionshaus Dr.Hüll 30.10.09-59

5-ARTS Capri Motel 2010

The design is just slightly more common on carpets.

6-E.Herrmann ATT 3-74

7-Sandra Whitman-Hali 110-149

8-Christies 4.10.11-151

9-Battilossi,Köln Nr.58

The above was also published by Michael Franses in Hali 124.He published a further example in the Orientations Magazine:

10-Orientations 5-04-82

And finally there are two circular carpets with this design:

11-Beijing Palace Museum Catalogue 252

12-Christie`s,published Hali 126-129

More discussions can be found in the Köln catalogue,"Glanz Der Himmelssöhne"nr 58,and in Hali 125-130.

The reversing arrow motif makes an early appearance in Konya 6,one of the smaller seljuk fragments,and can be often found,as Tom Cole pointed out,in 19th century Baluch carpet borders.

13-Konya 6

14-Köln 58