The Caucasus — Karabagh & Kazak
Karabagh-Style Octagon Medallion with Flowering Vase
Caucasian Rugs · Representative imagery
A representative Caucasian weaving whose madder-red field carries large hooked octagonal medallions, each enclosing a stylized flowering plant rising from a vase — a motif read as growth and prosperity. Bright teal, sage and orange outlines give the high-contrast, gem-like color prized in Karabagh and Shirvan work, while floral meander borders frame the field. The lustrous wool pile and symmetric knotting are typical of the southern Caucasus tradition. Shown as representative imagery rather than a documented piece.
The tradition
The Caucasus — Karabagh & Kazak
The mountains of the Caucasus produced rugs of unmistakable energy: high-contrast colour, large-scale geometric forms and an inventive, almost abstract sense of design. Kazak, Karabagh, Shirvan and Kuba are the classic names, each village reworking medallions and animals in its own idiom.
Caucasian rugs are smaller and bolder than Persian city carpets, and their dragon, eagle and tree forms have been abstracted by generations of weavers into pure, powerful pattern.
Motifs & meaning
Reading the design
Caucasian motifs are dramatic and protective, often descended from very old animal forms.
Dragon (ejder)
An ancient guardian of water and treasure, abstracted into the field.
Memling gül
A hooked octagonal medallion seen in early European paintings.
Latch-hook diamond
Hooks that catch and turn away the evil eye.
Running-dog border
A protective, continuous boundary.
Materials & technique
How it is made
Hand-knotted with the symmetric knot in bright, naturally dyed wool — a robust, medium pile that carries the bold Caucasian geometry.
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