Vintage Bakhtiari Pictorial Rug
No. 31746
Persia, Mid-20th Century
4 ft. 4 in. x 5 ft. 9 in.
(1.31 x 1.74 m)
A wool pile of symmetric knots on a cotton and wool foundation. On a cream ground, two tall tribal ladies in long red tunics flank a gesturing shorter woman in dark blue, while a riderless horse gallops to the left above. Red border of ashiks and angle-bent leaves. A Baluchi origin has been suggested for certain fine earlier examples with this iconography. The women are in quasi-military garb with riding boots.
