Lot Essay
The inscription in the pediment reads: "tasvir majlis husrat Sulayman wa Balqis" (a picture of the court of the esteemed Sulayman and Balqis). Balqis is the Persian name for the Queen of Sheba.
SOUTH EAST PERSIA, CIRCA 1920
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A KIRMAN PICTORIAL RUG
SOUTH EAST PERSIA, CIRCA 1920
The field depicting the court of Soloman and Balqis flanked by delicate flowering trees and rocky floral mounds, an inscription pediment above with flowering branches, in a burgundy border with perching birds and flowering branches linking cartouches of alternating heads of Soloman and Balqis between ivory floral fine stripes, outer plain burgundy stripe, excellent condition
7ft.6in. x 4ft.10in. (228cm. x 147cm.)
SOUTH EAST PERSIA, CIRCA 1920
The field depicting the court of Soloman and Balqis flanked by delicate flowering trees and rocky floral mounds, an inscription pediment above with flowering branches, in a burgundy border with perching birds and flowering branches linking cartouches of alternating heads of Soloman and Balqis between ivory floral fine stripes, outer plain burgundy stripe, excellent condition
7ft.6in. x 4ft.10in. (228cm. x 147cm.)