Srinagar Kaschmir

<p><span>This highly important example of a pure silk Srinagar masterwork rug employs a magnificent design incorporating meticulously-drawn symbolic animal motifs which derives from the great animal carpets of the Mughal and Safavid dynastic periods. With its exquisitely iridescent dyes glowing through the glossy pile of finest handspun cocoon silk, combining with the ornate splendour of the classical Tree design of the field - in the branches of which numerous delightful bird motifs can be glimpsed - and the imaginative deployment of the animal symbols in the border, this is an item which displays the art of Eastern carpet making at its highest level.</span></p>