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Antique Azerbaijan rug with enlarged polychrome palmettes and flowering branches, NW Iran.


A NORTHWEST PERSIAN CARPET
FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY

Price Realized $19,975

Sale Information
Christie's SALE 1094 —
FINE EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL CARPETS
8 April 2002
New York, Rockefeller Plaza

A NORTHWEST PERSIAN CARPET
First Quarter 20th Century
The indigo field with enlarged polychrome palmettes and flowering branches overall within the shaded blue stylized boteh and tulip border
Approximately 14ft. 10in. x 12ft. 9in. (452cm. x 389cm.)