{"product_id":"antique-chinese-khotan-rug-313-x-147-cm-103-x-410","title":"Antique Chinese Khotan Rug","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis rug comes from Khotan, an ancient oasis city in the Xinjiang region of western China, sitting at the crossroads of the Silk Road where Chinese, Persian and Central Asian cultures met and traded for centuries. That position shaped everything about the way these rugs were made and what ended up in them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eKhotan rugs are unlike anything else from China. Where most Chinese rugs draw from a strictly Chinese visual vocabulary, Khotan absorbed influences from every direction, Persian medallion structures, Central Asian geometric motifs, Chinese symbolic details, and wove them into something entirely its own. The designs are graphic and spacious, with a calm architectural quality that reads clearly across a room. Pomegranate and vine motifs, disc medallions, lattice fields and strong border frameworks are the common vocabulary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eHand-knotted from wool on a cotton foundation. As a vintage piece, the colours have already mellowed and the pile has settled into a character that only time and natural dyes together produce.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Najaf Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43604780712192,"sku":"NR-0840","price":4400.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0665\/1805\/7216\/products\/handmade-antique-khotan-rug-313-x-147-cm-103-x-410-191088.jpg?v=1774414887","url":"https:\/\/www.najaf.com.au\/products\/antique-chinese-khotan-rug-313-x-147-cm-103-x-410","provider":"Najaf Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}