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Houshang Shah Malayer

Houshang Shah Malayer

  • Number (sold)

  • Type Village

  • Material Wool

  • Style Pictorial

  • Origin Malayer

  • Size 153 x 95

  • Age 1900

Story

It's always hard and usually rewarding to find Malayer rugs in the zaronim format of 5 x 3 feet. This one, with its off reds and off whites, depicts a charmingly clunky Houshang Shah on his throne. He is one of the main characters in the ancient Persian epic poem, the Shahnameh, and the manner of his representation here tells us that these folk tales were very popular even at a rural level.

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