Antique Afshar Tribal Rug, Aqta' Region, Kerman Province, South Persia.
Price
SOLDItem Ref
BM/MI2
Description
This rug is outstanding! Certainly one of the very best Afshar rugs I've ever handled or even seen in private collections worldwide.Having a rather illegible date in the madder-red panel, top right hand corner of the diagonal-band field design, my feelings are that this rug is early, possibly around 1870. Finely knotted, one needs to concentrate on the indigo-blue inner field which contains a myriad of birds, quadrupeds and human representation. The two cenral lozenges highlighted in sky-blue, contain '8-pointed stars', symbols of protection. But look at the upper star. It contains a small bird, symbolising the carrier of the soul from the earthly world to the realms of the spirit.
Altogether, an amazing and truly fabulous rug.
Size: 1.93m x 1.31m (6' 4" x 4' 3").
Viewing by appointment only.
Internal Ref: BM/MI2
Dimensions
Height = 193 cm (76")Width = 131 cm (52")
Depth = 0 cm (0")
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