The Prayer Rug Design (detail) A classic Janamaz or Prayer Rug with the highly stylized Trees of Life and the flowering urn hanging in the mihrab. A favourite of the Sultans of Turkey the design embodies all the devotional symbols of Islamic cosmology. Earliest specimens of this style are to be found in the Topkapi Museum, Istanbul. Size: 5'.11" x 4'. 1" (approx:) | No. 109
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