Number cc884
Material Wool
Origin Bakhtiari
Style Animal
Type Tribal
Size 152 x 200
Age 1313 or 1322
Scintillating antique tribal LION RUG from the Zagros Mountains of Central Persia. One of the most majestic and magnificent lion rugs you or I will ever see. It survives in super mint perfect condition with glowing natural dyes, the hallmark of the Bakhtiari nomads.
The iconography is incredible and the richness of the landscape astonishing. It ties into the stone sculptures of lions that are dotted over the ancestral lands of the Bakhtiari tribe in Chahar Mahal province. One of a kind. Dated.
The mighty Lion symbolized power and might. Hanging such a symbolic rug in their tent or cottage was seen as a way of gaining the lion's protection.
Dated 1313 (1895) or 1322 Hijri (1904)
152 x 200
Mint, perfect, all original condition
Available & collectible
DM for the price
Worldwide delivery
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