CENTRAL PERSIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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AN ISFAHAN PICTORIAL RUG
Central Persia, Early 20th Century
The cream field depicting a wedding feast with musicians, attendants and bowls of ripe fruit within a cream border of hunting vingnettes, with a signature cartouche
Approximately 6 ft. 10 in. x 4 ft. 4 in. (208 x 132 cm.)

Lot Essay

This pictorial Isfahan rug depicts the marriage feast of Shah Khosrow Parviz to the Armenian princess Shirin. Dating back to the Sassanian period, the story of the Shah and the princess is a bittersweet one, telling of the lost and realized loves of its characters.

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