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The Xinjiang (Sinkiang) region is in the far north-west of China, along the Silk Road route. Rugs were made by nomadic groups such as the Kirgiz (Khirgiz or Kyrgyz) people and also in the oasis towns Kashgar and Khotan.

We have recently added several beautiful pomegranite carpets from Khotan and some old Kirgiz carpets at our Beijing stores (Kempinski and Shunyi). One of our pomegranite carpets is featured in the November 2007 issue of Elle Decoration (Hong Kong edition).The rugs shown below are a selection - there are more to see in our stores. Click on the links or images below for more details. Click on the images again for printable pdf versions.
XR9 Kirgiz carpet from around 1900

(Torana Beijing Shunyi store)

XR53, a well-drawn Khotan carpet featuring birds in a garden design

(Torana Beijing Shunyi store)

XR54 Kirgiz carpet in superb condition with unusual design, around 1900

(Torana Shanghai An Fu Lu)

XR94 Kirgiz carpet in excellent condition from around 1900

(Torana Beijing Kempinski store)

XR96 Kirgiz carpet from around 1900

(Torana Beijing Shunyi store)

XR99 Striking Khotan pomegranite carpet dated 1985

(Torana Beijing Shunyi store)

antique Kirgiz carpet with boteh design, 19th century XR56 19th century Kirgiz carpet with boteh design

(Torana Shanghai An Fu Lu)

Khotan carpet with two lions at Torana Gallery Xinjiang (Khotan?) carpet with design of two lions, early 20th century XR70

(Torana Beijing Kempinski)

old Khotan rug with peacocks Unusual Khotan carpet with design of two peacocks, early 20th century XR75

(Torana Shanghai An Fu Lu)

old Kirgiz rug with star flowers Kirgiz carpet with star flower design and diagonal stripe border, early 1900s. XR77

(Torana Shanghai An Fu Lu)