UROBORO

UROBORO (also spelled OUROBOROS,etc…) represents a serpent or a dragon biting its own tail and forming a circle. It appeared in almost all ancient cultures and had been important in religious and mythological symbolism, but has also been frequently used in alchemical illustrations, and was used to symbolise concepts such as completion, totality and perfection. It can be also seen as a circular never ending process where end meets start. This cyclic motion is typically encountered when collecting antiques. It is a coming and going of objects from the past, situations re-presented, vibrations of déjà vu. Every time such objects changes proprietary, the cycle starts again.

  • tsutsugaki textile p a n e l, Japan, Late Meiji (circa 1910), cm 119x33. a lovely p ... read more
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  • raffia textile #17, kuba people, dr Congo, late 19th century, cm 58x53 a genuinely vintage piece of so-called Kuba-velvets showing ... read more
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  • Bogolanfini textile #2, Mali, second half 20th century, cm 166x118 ---- Bogolanfini, which translates as "mud cloth", is a long established tradition ... read more
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  • raffia textile #9, kuba people, dr Congo, circa 1950, cm 55x48 a genuinely vintage piece of so-called Kub@-velvets showing nice age ... read more
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  • raffia textile #11, kub? people, dr Congo, circa 1940, cm 56x52 a genuinely vintage piece of so-called Kub?-velvets showing nice age patina, ... read more
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  • ningxia mat, nw China, second half 18th century, cm 64x73 --- Stunning condition for this lovely fragment from a seating runner most ... read more
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  • ningxia runner fragment, nw China, Kangxi period, second half 17th century, cm174x82 --- worn but lovely fragment from a rather old runner, ... read more
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  • cenotaph cover, Ottoman Turkey, first half 18th century, cm 64x34 --- an outstanding silk lampas fragment. Provenance: Bernheimer, Munich
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  • kuba kilim, ne Caucasus, circa 1850, cm 318x141 --- quite an old example of a so-called ‘racing-cars’ kilim from the Caucasus. It ... read more
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  • ningxia mat, nw China, second half 19th century, cm 66x68 (including the Tibetan bo-lou textile adder border, size reads cm 78x80). Excellent ... read more
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