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Early/Mid 19th C. Archaic design throughout. The border is natural wool with simple floral and swastikas. Unusual squares in the corners and small mandalas centered on the border. A two brown smaller edge border wraps around this beautiful rug. Inside the deep blue field are unusual geometric shaped swastikas and clouds, centered on a large mandala. expensive

The Mandala symbolizes the entire universe in terms of planets and time cycles, as well as aspects of our body and mind, and even the practice. Deities and other images within the mandala represent for example the sense organs, the elements and mental aspects, all in a purified state.
The Swastika is a well-know good-luck symbol from India. In Sanskrit, swastika means "conducive to well-being". In the Buddhist tradition, the swastika symbolizes the feet or footprints of the Buddha. With the spread of Buddhism, it has passed into the iconography of China and Japan where it has been used to denote plurality, abundance, prosperity and long life. In India, Hindus use the swastika at thresholds, doors, and offerings, the right-hand swastika is a solar symbol and the left-hand version represents Kali and magic. In ancient Mesopotamia it was a favourite symbol on coinage, In Scandinavia it was the symbol for the god Thor's hammer. In early Christian art it was called the gammadion cross because it was made of four gammas.

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