PRAYER OF CENTRAL ASIA, BESHIR, AMU DARYA REGION, CIRCA 1870 CM 164X90 Signs of time, even wear, slight lack of perimeter. CENTRAL ASIA PRAYER RUG, BESHIR, AMU DARYA REGION, CIRCA 1870, LOW PILE, MISSING SIDES, SIGNS OF AGE. A rare specimen classified prayer rug with flowering shrubs of type 3-D, terminating in thin kochak ram's horns, of which there are apparently only 54 known of this type in the world. For a comprehensive review of Beshir prayer rugs, a discussion of their origins and an extensive classification of the various types, please refer to Kaffel, Ralph, Beshir Prayer Rugs, Hali 151, Spring 2007, pp.74-83, also available at www.hali.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/151Beshir_3.pdf, together with the classification document, Kaffel, Ralph, Beshir Prayer Rugs: Classification by Design, accessible at: www.hali.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Beshir-Prayer-Rugs-Online.pdf. Reference bibliography: The Textile Museum Collection, Collection Joseph W. Fell.