Стр. 267 - Azərbaycan xalçaları

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The date 1342 AH appears in the upper part of the car-
pet’s middle field on the right.
The main decoration of this dark red background car-
pet’s middle field contains a tree image located inside a
large gyol (medallion) along the middle field. The trunk
of the tree is designed in light blue with the branches
tending towards right and left in light blue, blue, orange,
brown, white, and black. White sichandishi (mouse
teeth) adorn the light blue branches and trunk of the
tree, the black branches are depicted in orange, and the
edges of the white branches are depicted in black. The
tips of the branches are arrow-shaped.
There are small tree, octagonal, rhombic, four-petal
flower, small evil-eye-catching, and stylized horse im-
age motifs in the empty spaces of the carpet’s middle
field. An eight-petal flower is designed inside the oc-
tagonal element. On the right and left, the edges of the
gyol are surrounded with light blue background stripes
designed with white, black, orange, and red s-shaped
motifs on the inside. The stripes are depicted in narrow-
er shapes at the top and bottom and are decorated with
small cross-like elements. These elements are depicted
in orange and white.
At the top and bottom, the empty spaces of the middle
field are adorned with octagonal motifs divided into
four rhombic motifs and barely-noticeable white and
blue hooked motifs. The orange heart-shaped motif,
which is rarely encountered, attracts attention.
There are octagonal elements on the dark brown back-
ground border of the carpet. Fylfot motifs are depicted
inside these elements.
The fylfot image has a very ancient history in the
decorative applied arts of Azerbaijan. This element has
been widely represented in all areas of art since ancient
times up to now. The fylfot image on faience prod-
ucts in Azerbaijan reaches back to the Bronze Age. Its
prevalent use however, coincides mostly with the late
Bronze Age and early Stone Age. The fylfot element is
mostly encountered on the faience dishes found in the
Saritepe residential center in the Gazakh region and on
dishes discovered in the hill graves in Kilikdag, Goy-
gol, Ganjachay Valley, and in the “stone box” graves in
Dashkesan, Gedebey, and Mountainous and Lowland
Karabakh.
The fylfot is one of the most archaic symbols encoun-
tered in Neolithic era images belonging to ornamental
arts of many nations.
The fylfot is one of the most widespread elements in
western Azerbaijan. Although the fylfot element has
been used as a second-grade filler element in many
districts of Azerbaijan, it has been used as a major or-
namental motif of middle field compositions on Ganja-
Gazakh carpets.
There are barely-noticeable hexagonal, rhombic, and
octagonal flower images on the border of the carpet.
On the outside, the brown background middle field is
decorated with orange background wavy ornaments
designed with rectangular elements inside and with
white background wavy ornaments with rectangular
elements as well. The edges of the waves are designed
with zigzags. There are white small square motifs in the
corners of the rectangular elements. The edges of the
orange background border are designed with brown su
(water) on the inside and light brown and red sichan-
dishi (mouse teeth) on the outside and red and white
sichandishi on the inside. The edges of the white border
are completed with black and red su.