Persian Pictorial Tabriz Rug
No. 29147
Persia, 21st Century
2 ft. 1 in. x 2 ft. 5 in.
(0.63 x 0.73 m)
A wool pile of symmetric knots on a cotton foundation. The black field displays a blindfolded women bound to a cross and impaled by an arrow. Below is the bold inscription “Ya Isa Massih” or Putty tone main border with rosettes-in-octogrammes. Striking iconography. with clear political overtones.
