Bird-Shirvan Very expertly knotted carpet. Sharp details, in quiet, compatible colors. Warp and weft in white wool. 450 kn/M ². Second quarter of the 20th century. 107 x 166 cm. Kabystan, Gabristan, Semaka district Shirvan. a bird shirvan or shirwan is a type of carpet from the Shirvan area in East Azerbaijan. On a dark indigo blue field a stepped Hexagon in the midfield in a copper red field. White figures are depicted that seem to be birds. The ' birds ' are depicted with double wings and fly to the centre. Are they angels, pigeons or Simorgh the fire Eagle? All three are found in the myths of the region. Medallions in the dark blue field, including Talish medallions in the four corners. The main border has a white field with a zigzag pattern which also called Eagle's beak or birds-on-a-pile. Documentation: An almost identical carpet is given in; Book i, Caucasian Teppiche by Doris Eder. An edition of Battenberg. p. 260-261, 263 image. Even the medallions are identical and also their positioning. Only the length deviates 10% Similar; Handbuch der orientalischen und afrikanischen Teppiche, Office du Livre, Erwin Gans--Ruedin, blz. 90-91.