Vintage Persian Pictorial Tabriz Rug
No. 28163
Persia, Mid-20th Century
2 ft. 1 in. x 2 ft. 11 in.
(0.63 x 0.88 m)
A wool pile of symmetric knots on a cotton foundation. The ruins of the Achaemenid palace and platform of Persepolis here include ruined columns, squared archways and fragmentary reliefs. Below is a frieze of armed guardians, an animal combat, and the Grand Staircase. Rhytons, axes and rows of armed retainers in the border.
