Vintage Egyptian Pictorial Rug
No. 25998
Egypt, Mid-20th Century
2 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft. 3 in.
(0.86 x 0.98 m)
A wool pile of symmetric knots on a cotton foundation. Depicting the inside of King Tut’s tomb, with the unconfined pharaoh below in a grave pit, and walls decorated with hieroglyphs, Osiris and other gods, and echelons of smaller apes and human figures; all in bright, crisp colors. Narrow straw and pale blue reciprocal lotus lappet border.
