Number (sold)
Type Village
Material Wool
Style Medallion
Origin Saruk
Size 150 x 104
Age 1910
Quite an odd little size for an excellent Saruk Farahan rug. The textbook Saruk border is there and it matches the ivory field with its brick highlights superbly. My favorite touch is the Khorshid Khanom face in the center, the Zoroastrian manifestation of the eternal Lady Sun.
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