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The inscription reads: "be-tarikh dawazdahum shahr shawwal al-mukarram 13[0]6" ([On the] date of the twelfth [of] the month of shawwal the noble, 1306)
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WEST PERSIA, DATED 12TH SHAWWAL AH 13[0]6/11 JUNE 1889 AD
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A MALAYIR RUG
West Persia, dated 12th Shawwal AH 13[0]6/11 June 1889 AD
The mustard-yellow field with overall herati pattern with rust-red similar stepped spandrels, in a charcoal-black border of palmettes and leafy vine between ivory floral meander stripes and narrow barber-pole minor stripes, an inscription cartouche at one end, small stain to centre of the field, minor cobbled repair in areas,
6ft. x 4ft.5in. (183cm. x 135cm.)
West Persia, dated 12th Shawwal AH 13[0]6/11 June 1889 AD
The mustard-yellow field with overall herati pattern with rust-red similar stepped spandrels, in a charcoal-black border of palmettes and leafy vine between ivory floral meander stripes and narrow barber-pole minor stripes, an inscription cartouche at one end, small stain to centre of the field, minor cobbled repair in areas,
6ft. x 4ft.5in. (183cm. x 135cm.)
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