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Early Azerbaijan rug in an indigo field with overall herati pattern, NW Iran.


A NORTH WEST PERSIAN RUNNER
CIRCA 1880

Price Realized £4,800 ($9,125)

Sale Information
Christie's SALE 7039 —
ORIENTAL RUGS AND CARPETS
28 April 2005
London, King Street

134-A NORTH WEST PERSIAN RUNNER
CIRCA 1880
The indigo field with overall herati pattern, in a broad golden yellow turtle-palmette and angular vine border between an inner shaded sky-blue spiralling ribbon stripe and outer chocolate-brown serrated leaf and flowering vine stripe, overall very good condition
14ft.2in. x 4ft.8in. (431cm. x 142cm.)