An antique Afshar carpet, the shaded indigo field with bold version of Zel-ol-Sultan design with two columns of large flower vases issuing flowering sprays and perching birds in yellow, brick-red, blue, ivory, green and brown surrounded by ivory angular flowering vine border with star and crescent panel in each corner between brick-red boteh, running-dog and barber-pole stripes, kelim at each end, area of wear --12ft.2in. x 6ft.6in.(370cm. x 198cm.)