The Uzbeks – Civilised Nation on the Silk Road
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For centuries, the fascinating, textile-saturated cultures between the Oxus and the Syr-Darya have radiated right into the occident.
In the transit area between China and the Levant flourished cities like Bukhara and Samarqand. They allowed a continuous exchange of goods for people of many religions, languages and cultures as well as the nomads of the steppe.
From wool and silk works of art were produced beaming with the whole gamut of colours.
Invitation to the exhibition
By Appointment
at the
Orientgalerie Reto Christoffel
Im Schibler 13
CH - 8162 Zürich Steinmaur, Switzerland
Tel./Fax +41 (0)44 853 03 52
Opening times: Sa+Su 14-22 clock, on weekdays by appointment only, ++41 (0)44 853 03 52,
Tel/Fax +41(0)44 853 03 52
http://www.orientgalerie.ch christoffel wz3 orientgalerie.ch
Uzbek-Asmalyk, 90x58 cm
Oriental carpets, nomadic kilims, tent bags, saddle cloths, bands, embroideries etc. of wool or silk, old and antique, used or mint, Turkmen and Uzbek silver jewellery. Anything from Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Turkestan and Khorasan; from Persia and Anatolia.
Decorative Carpets in the Orient
In Paotou and the surrounding province to the north of the Great Wall of China, in the old area of the Mongols, typical "blue-in-blue" or blue-beige carpets used to be knotted. Usually they were of rather small dimensions but here it is a large-seized picture rug dating to the Ch'ing-Dynasty.
Invitation to the exhibition
at the
Orientgalerie Reto Christoffel
Im Schibler 13
CH - 8162 Zürich Steinmaur, Switzerland
from the 15th to the 30th November 2008
Opening times: Sa+Su 2 p.m. - 10 p.m., on weekdays by appointment only,
Tel/Fax +41(0)44 853 03
http://www.orientgalerie.ch christoffel wz3 orientgalerie.ch
Oriental carptets and rugs, nomadic kilims, tent bags, saddle cloths, bands, embroideries etc., of wool or silk, old and antique, used and mint, silver jewellery of the Uzbek and Turkmen. Anything from Afghanistan, Turkestan and Khorassan; from Persia, Anatolia and China.
