Saw this and couldn't believe it and then looked at his other rugs. Wow is all I can say except buyer beware. http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/7...:1|294:200#ht_8021wt_803

there are a few sellers i used to report all the time. ebay does nothing, buyers get ripped off.

this rug has me confused. ordinarily i would not comment on something unless i have a very good idea of what it is, but I do think I can say it does not appear to be older than first quarter 20th (being generous), and I would almost be tempted to give a turkish attribution. It's not impossible this could sell for 1k retail, I'm just not familiar. if I had to say, this is one of the sellers favorite pieces, may account for the seemingly exorbitant asking price

Since joining this forum a long while back, ive talked to some of these sellers about what they advertise and may or may not misrepresent. many of them just pass on the information they were given, and in many cases are just not well versed on rugs themselves. wonder if that is still considered a min khani design?

I did a little research and I think this is a Khotan rug mid 20th century probably but it's hard to date. Nice colors really and not a bad rug but certainly not a Kazak. Here is a link to one with similar colors http://www.spongobongo.com/em/sny9938.htm
Retail might be up to $1000 but I'm not up on prices really now with the crunch and after looking at some of the auction results you can buy some nice pieces for reasonable prices.

You really think this is from Afghanistan maybe you should ask someone in your family for a second opinion. I still say Khotan and newer but not that new.

The weave is what made me believe that China was the origin of this rug when I first said Peking. The wool isn't as good as you would see in Peking or Khotan
rugs of old but standards change and they weave just for the money. Not that they didn't weave for profit in the old days, I just think they did it better before interference. I know I'm a little stubborn and I could easily be wrong and would love to have someone identify it's true origin if it isn't a Khotan rug.

I can see the aesthetic affinity to khotan design of the roundish "guls", also the affinity to turkish yatak.

How about a Zakatale Yatak? Cf. the similarity of weave, colourscheme, warps-wool (i.e. fringe) and dimensions HERE:

http://rover.ebay.com/ro...&mtid=824&kw=lg

see also uploaded pictures, or go to spongobongo Zatala.

if I didn't know any better, I would think that's your rug Bukhara.

Ok, but there's no reason to insult anyone on the forum. All contributions are appreciated. You haven't had flawless identifications yourself, and I'm not convinced you're right.

RugPro, You attributed this rug to turkish yatak only for one reason - the size. Are there any other features that can characterize this rug as turkish yatak and allowing you to make the conclusions that I am wrong?

I lean more toward caucuses, but I did think this was interesting. i have seen other examples very similar, but this is just one. I do not think the rug you have is older than 1920's max

It's hard to say because it seems to photos taken in strong sunlight. I'm not sure if is a photo reflects the actual color. But the fact that I see on my screen, I think it is not Caucasian. It's more like Kurdish for me.