The paisley design is an ornamental design using theboteh or buta a teardrop-shaped motif with a curved upper end.
Of Persian origin, paisley designs became very popular in the West in the 18th and 19th centuries, following imports of post-Mughal Empire versions of the design from India, especially in the form of Kashmir shawls.
The buta is the convergence of a stylized floral spray and a cypress tree: a Zoroastrian symbol of life and eternity.
It is a bent cedar, and the cedar is the tree Zarathustra planted in paradise.
The bent cedar is also the sign of strength and resistance but modesty.
According to Azerbaijani historians, the design comes from ancient times of Zoroastrianism and is an expression of the essence of that religion.
Acrilic print, airbrush, sparkle.
