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Antique Tabriz rug, Azerbaijan, NW Iran

A late 19th century Persian Tabriz antique carpet, the midnight blue field with a "Safavid Isfahan" design with its palmette and flowering vinery trellis within an abrashed ochre palmette and flowering vinery border.

$75,000
Size: 16'9" × 12'
Item No: BB3746
Doris Leslie Blau