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Antique Nakhchivan pictorial rug, Ordubad district (Dize village), Azerbaijan, dated AH 1332 (1913/1914).

A number of pictorial rugs with this "Rustam and Zohrab" (from Shahnameh) theme were woven in Karabagh and Nakhchivan in the early 20th century:


 http://www.azerbaijanrugs.com/guide/karabagh/pictorial/antique_caucasian_karabagh_pictorial_rug23.htm
http://www.azerbaijanrugs.com/guide/karabagh/pictorial/antique_caucasian_karabagh_pictorial_rug8.htm
http://www.azerbaijanrugs.com/guide/karabagh/pictorial/antique_caucasian_karabagh_pictorial_rug17.htm