Vintage Persian Pictorial Bakhtiari Rug
No. 11856
Persia, Mid-20th Century
3 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. 1 in.
(1.01 x 1.84 m)
A wool pile of symmetric knots on a cotton foundation. A horse and woman ride across the upper part of the ecru field, while two similar tall women and a little girl feature in the lower area. A lion and sun motif above and palmette below are set on a central axis. Ecru border with ragged rosettes, squares, bent leaves and botehs. Undeciphered iconography.
