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The pomegranate is the tree of life of Central Asia particularly within the Xinjiang region. The Pomegranate is a prevalent theme found in various forms of art from central Asia including carpets. As a theme the pomegranate predates both Islam and Buddhism. The persistence of the pomegranate within Central Asian design is an indication of how deeply significant the pomegranate is in the consciousness of the people of central Asia. The Xinjiang pomegranate is a vivid red with abundant seeds which both signify fertility.

The Pomegranate is one of the four fruit trees in an Islamic paradise along with the fig olive and date trees. As such having a pomegranate tree in your garden represents having one fourth of an Islamic paradise. 

Pomegranate carpets are often bordered with a cloud band pattern. This pattern is generally thought to have found its way into Central Asian Carpet design through the influence of Chinese and Buddhist influence. In fact this motif predates both of these. The cloud motif hearkens to a time when the people of Central Asia worshiped the sky and looked the the subtle changes in the sky to read the divine forces that would play out in their earthly lives. For the people of Central Asia living in arid conditions clouds signified the coming rains which would revitalize the grasses bringing life. 

In the Pomegranate Carpet we find the ancient wisdom of Central Asia rendered in the beautiful poetry of thousands of knots tied by hand representing the union of the divine forces of the Heaven and Earth.