Lot Essay
The inscription reads: 1310 baladiyah Bar Farush ([the year AH] 1310, [in] the town of Bar Faresh).
WEST PERSIA, DATED 1310 AH (1892-3 AD)
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A SAROUK CARPET
WEST PERSIA, DATED 1310 AH (1892-3 AD)
The ivory field with an overall design of flowerheads surrounded by tendrils issuing feathery leaves and palmettes, in an indigo palmette and turtle-palmette border between shaded red meandering flowering vine stripes, some areas of repair
9ft.10in. x 6ft.8in. (299cm. x 204cm.)
WEST PERSIA, DATED 1310 AH (1892-3 AD)
The ivory field with an overall design of flowerheads surrounded by tendrils issuing feathery leaves and palmettes, in an indigo palmette and turtle-palmette border between shaded red meandering flowering vine stripes, some areas of repair
9ft.10in. x 6ft.8in. (299cm. x 204cm.)