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Lot Essay
The knot count is 19H x 18V per square inch.
This unusual pictorial rug depicts the story of the prophet Yusuf. Yusuf’s father, Yaqoob, favored him over his eleven brothers who were envious and decided to get rid of him. As a foil, they took him to graze the animals intending to kill him, but one brother opposed to killing him and suggested that they throw him into the bottom of a pit or jubb. When Yusuf was in the pit, Allah told him that he, Yusuf, would one day be remind his brothers of this incident and indeed, years later, when Yusuf became treasurer and inspector of Egypt’s storage chambers, he met his brothers again, reminded them of what they had done and forgave them. The main border, as well as, the guard borders, carry verses relating to Yusuf’s story and the inscriptions in the field also relate to the story of Yusuf with the lower inscription reading: biroon ovordan-e Yousef (bringing out Yusuf).
This unusual pictorial rug depicts the story of the prophet Yusuf. Yusuf’s father, Yaqoob, favored him over his eleven brothers who were envious and decided to get rid of him. As a foil, they took him to graze the animals intending to kill him, but one brother opposed to killing him and suggested that they throw him into the bottom of a pit or jubb. When Yusuf was in the pit, Allah told him that he, Yusuf, would one day be remind his brothers of this incident and indeed, years later, when Yusuf became treasurer and inspector of Egypt’s storage chambers, he met his brothers again, reminded them of what they had done and forgave them. The main border, as well as, the guard borders, carry verses relating to Yusuf’s story and the inscriptions in the field also relate to the story of Yusuf with the lower inscription reading: biroon ovordan-e Yousef (bringing out Yusuf).