Name: Beige Crucifixion Qum
Brand: RUGINZA
SKU: QA4657
Price: 781.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Beige Persian Qum Silk Rug, pictorial design, hand-knotted, 56×80cm

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$781

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Size

56×80cm

Color — Beige

Beige

Rug material

Silk

Only one available — one-of-a-kind.

Hand-knotted
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A pictorial rug showing the Crucifixion: Christ on the cross beneath an INRI tablet, set against a turquoise sky framed by a cusped arch, with mountains, pine trees and a river behind and a skull and bones on the green ground at the foot of the cross. The scene is flanked by two tall columns built from stacked ornament — winged heads, masks, lattice panels, paired sphinx heads, urns, winged putti in heart-shaped shields and paired deer at the base. Winged creatures among flowers fill the spandrels above the arch. An ivory border of scrolling leaves frames the picture, closed by a plain red outer band and silk fringe at both ends.

Hand-knotted in silk. The two columns mirror each other element for element, but the landscape between them does not: the river runs only on the left and the pines stand only on the right. At 56×80cm this is an extra small rug, made to hang on a wall rather than lie on a floor.

Origin: Iran
Type: Qum, hand-knotted
Material: 100% silk
Design: Pictorial Crucifixion under an arch
Size: 56×80cm (1'10"×2'8") — Extra Small
Colour: Beige
SKU: QA4657
One-of-a-kind: Yes

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100% silk pile, hand-knotted, with silk fringe at both ends and a plain red outer band. Silk is strong in tension but delicate in every other respect — it abrades, it marks with water, and it loses lustre permanently if treated like wool.

This is a picture rug, and it should be treated as one. The pale areas — the ivory border and the flesh tones of the figure — will show marks first, and the turquoise sky is the colour most likely to shift in strong light. Hung on a wall away from a window, it will keep its colour for a very long time; on a floor, the figure at the centre would take the wear.

Look at the top of the picture before the picture itself. The turquoise sky is not a rectangle: it is cut into a cusped, pointed arch, with spandrels filled in above it and a column standing on either side. That is the layout of a Persian prayer rug — the niche, the columns that hold it up, the decorated corners — and the weaver has used it here as a frame for a Christian subject. The columns carry the idea further. Read either one from bottom to top and it is assembled from European ornament rather than Persian: paired deer, a putto in a shield, an urn, sphinx heads, a grotesque mask and a winged head at the capital, the kind of vocabulary found in printed engravings. Then compare the two. They match piece for piece, while the landscape between them is free — a river on one side, pine trees on the other. The borders and columns follow carpet logic, symmetrical and repeatable; the scene inside follows picture logic, and is allowed to be different on each side.

Shipping & Returns

Shipping
We ship from Japan to the United States, the United Kingdom and 19 European countries. Shipping is free on orders of ¥150,000 or more (approx. $1,000 / £790 / €920); orders below that ship at a ¥15,000 flat rate (approx. $99 / £79 / €92). Each rug is carefully rolled and wrapped. Orders are dispatched within 3 to 5 business days, then take 7 to 15 business days in transit. Every order ships with tracking. Import duties and taxes may apply in your country; please contact us before ordering for details.

Returns
For a change of mind, contact us within 30 days of delivery. Items must be unused, in original condition and in original packaging. Return shipping is paid by the customer and can be expensive from outside Japan, so please ask us about size or colour before you order. If your rug arrives damaged, defective or not as ordered, contact us with photos within 30 days of delivery: we pay for the return and send a replacement or a full refund.

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