Vintage Persian Hamadan Pictorial Rug
No. 24658
Persia, 1940
2 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 1 in.
(0.68 x 0.93 m)
A vintage Persian Hamadan Pictorial rug. A visual pair to rug # 24659. In the background is a bright red sky, in the middle a sandy waste, and up front is a slender lion, maned, long-tailed and tawny, oriented leftwards and standing between palm trees with lesser foliage beneath him. The image may derive from a print, photograph or blanket. In Persia, the lion is almost totally extinct.
- Hand-knotted in Persia
- Wool
- One-of-a-kind
