AN UNUSUAL ANTIQUE NORTH EAST PERSIAN KURDISH RUG, the brick-red field with stylised birds, animals and small Memling guls around a column of three stepped and indented blue or green panels containing small stylised flowerheads around a large green or blue panel with minute dotted motifs flanking a large stellar flowerhead, in an ivory border of pole medallions between panelled floral stripes, a short kilim strip at each end (small repairs)