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Antique Tabriz rug, Azerbaijan, NW Iran

A whimsical early 20th century Persian Tabriz antique carpet, the abrashed light blue field having an allover garden design with animals and flowering shrubbery carefully laid out horizontally within a caramel exotic bird and floral spray border.

$85,000
Size: 15'7" × 12'8"
Item No: BB4213
Doris Leslie Blau