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The inscription cartouche reads "Farmayesh-e Aqa Nasrollah Janab Kirmani"
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SOUTH EAST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890
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A KIRMAN PICTORIAL RUG
SOUTH EAST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890
The field with an arched panel depicting an arid landscape containing Majnun sheltering under a willow tree surrounded by a variety of animals, the foreground dominated by a goofy bull standing on a large fish, three further fish below, the indigo upper spandrels with flowering vine flanking animal combat cartouches, in an indigo border of floral cartouches linked by scrolling raspberry-red arabesques between shaded brown similar and tan floral meander stripes, overlaid above by a commissioning inscription cartouche, a short kilim strip at each end, corroded browns
6ft.9in. x 4ft.7in. (206cm. x 140cm.)
SOUTH EAST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890
The field with an arched panel depicting an arid landscape containing Majnun sheltering under a willow tree surrounded by a variety of animals, the foreground dominated by a goofy bull standing on a large fish, three further fish below, the indigo upper spandrels with flowering vine flanking animal combat cartouches, in an indigo border of floral cartouches linked by scrolling raspberry-red arabesques between shaded brown similar and tan floral meander stripes, overlaid above by a commissioning inscription cartouche, a short kilim strip at each end, corroded browns
6ft.9in. x 4ft.7in. (206cm. x 140cm.)