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Carpet. Wool. Pile-weave. Iravan group. Uchkilse, western Azerbaijan. 267x110. 1271 AH/1850 CE.
The date 1271 AH appears in the upper left-hand corner of the carpet’s middle field.
The main decoration of this cornelian field carpet consists of a compositional structure alternately pointing right and left,
beginning from the top row. The butas (almond-shaped) are green, cornelian, blue, and white in the first row; in the second
row, they alternate, creating a particular harmony. The butas have leaf-like bulges and pompoms on their edges. Among
weavers this kind of buta is called “pompom buta.”
Buta motifs have an ancient history. As in other regions of Azerbaijan, they have been repeatedly depicted not only on
carpets in western Azerbaijan, but also in architecture, jewelry, wood carving, coppersmith work, pottery, embroidery, and
in many other areas of applied art. As each period of 33 years passed, buta motifs changed their forms and developed in dif-
ferent contexts. As the forms of the butas improved, the craftsmen gave them new names and tried to develop them further.
The main green border is decorated with small eight-petal flowers. The gaps between the flowers are filled with serrated
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