Posted by Steve Price on February 11, 1999 at 08:12:50:
In Reply to: Another Imagined Face? posted by Irwin Kirsch on February 10, 1999 at 16:57:49:
: Dear Friends:
: I was just looking through Schurmann's "Caucasian Rugs" and spotted one that Marvin must have missed. This is Plate 26, a Kazak Prayer Rug. It looks like (with a little imagination) a face with arms raised looking at you. The hands are shown in the spandrels and the eyes and large probiscus (hexagon) are in the mihrab. I could see how Marvin missed this since I would probably have not have thought about a human image had it not been for this Salon.
: On another matter, there is also a picture of a Kazak Triple Medallian rug in Bennett's "Oriental Rugs Volume I-Caucasian", Page 31, showing two human figures, one with three legs, in the field on the upper right hand side.
: Regards,
: Irwin
Here's the image to which Irwin refers.
Steve Price