Price on Request Poppy Design Ali Kwaja with Airplane Guard StripesPrice on request
Ali Kwaja rugs are the best, and this is example is one of the best Ali Kwaja rugs. Ali Kwaja means roughly, gentleman. These rugs are extremely finely knotted: this rug has more than 160 knots per inch. The pile is very short, and the handle is very floppy. The wool is soft with a waxy handle and sheen.
Extensive research suggests Ali Kwaja rugs are Beshir Turkmen. Supposedly, they moved across the border into Afghanistan after the Bolshevik revolution consumed the USSR.
In the middle of the rug there are a couple of pea size areas where the pile has been damaged. The structure is intact, and damage is not readily noticeable.
The field may look black, but it is actually a very dark and beautiful indigo blue
Possibly, this rug was intended as a prayer rug, for notice the top two panels are separated from the lower panels by a white border stripe. The lower two panels are separated by a airplane border.
Pomegranites are a classic image in Afghan rugs. In pre-Islamic Persia and Afghanistan, pomegranate represented the soul to Zoroastrians. The Quran says pomegranates will be found in Paradise.
117 x 203 cm
ID: 1812
$7,500.00
Kitty Cat War RugThis is a beautiful rug featuring a lot of unique figures and bright colors. Four tables holding 2 Ewers each run down the center of the rug, with a potted plant or some other sort of vase between them as well as some text. The table closest to the top has been cut off. Around them sit helicopters, guns, grenades and other plant life.
The pinks, greens, and cyans (tip faded) in this rug really pop against the rich blue background. A line appears to be some sort of large cat with pointy claws creates a colorful border around the rug.
127 x 188 cm
ID: 1630
$4,750.00
Buff Field Flower Medallion Helicopter War RugThis rug is subtle and fascinating. The colors are understated while the pattern keeps your eyes moving across the entire piece. The border is classic and solid, yet the center imagery is a bit more unusual and frenetic. The simple helicopters are common to this style of rug. What is unusual are the little planes sprinkled between the choppers and mandala-like floral designs. The rugs shape is imperfect, with one end wider than the other.
46 x 85 inches117 x 216 cm
ID: 1525
$1,999.00
High Quality Green Border War Rug$3,499
This rug is remarkable for its fine quality. This rug exemplifies the best of weaving from western Afghanistan: soft, lustrous wool, lovely sheen, dark colors.
Strong design. Note the superb luster of this rugs wool. Design alternates between rows of two tanks with text inside and three large ewers. Throughout the negative space sit grenades and small flowers, and the whole field is surrounded by an open guard stripe of linked flowers and leaves.
The border consists of tanks, rifles, and helicopters on a green background. The mustard yellow and bright orange accents pop off of the olive green and navy blues.
The rug was acquired by Warrug in 2003, and was first offered for sale in 2016.
107 x 203 cm
ID: 1066
$2,250.00
Wheeling Horse War Rug with Persian LionsPrice on request
Best photos are at the bottom of the page.
This uniquely colored rug has a field filled with different living figures, including horses, birds, lions, figures in skirts, as well as jets and flowers. Bright pink accents dot the rug and contrast nicely with the bright orange and chartreuse elsewhere.
The inner border consists of tanks with guns raised with small abstract helicopters dispersed throughout. The outer border is made up from three smaller sections.
112 x 203 cm
ID: 753
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