Number (sold)
Type Workshop
Material Wool
Style Pictorial
Origin Kerman
Size 210 x 140
Age 1890
The mighty warrior king is enthroned while his Vizier and ministers of court stand by attentively. A food chain of dragons, fish and birds appears at the bottom perplexingly. I quite like the twin peacocks above the Shah. This style of Kerman pictorial is not the usual one we see in this ghaliche format or larger but that which is usually associated with poshti sized miniature rugs less than a meter long. This carpet is best seen in that light as a natural and uncommon extension of that group.
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