Vintage Persian Pictorial Bakhtiari Tribal Accent Rug
No. 31745
Persia, Mid-20th Century
4 ft. 7 in. x 5 ft. 11 in.
(1.39 x 1.79 m)
A wool pile of symmetric knots on a wool foundation. Two tall tribal women flank a gesturing, younger, shorter girl, all dressed in quasi-military attire, placed above a riderless but saddled horse galloping wildly to the right. A lozenge enclosing a gul is positioned between the two images. The main dark blue border features ashiks and rosettes. The cream ground remains virtually invariant. The iconography remains mysterious, with possible multiple sources for rugs featuring this design.
