A semi-antique Safavid 'vase' design rug from Lahore, c. 243 x 141 cm
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Large stylized polychrome palmettes, flowers and vases. A red main border with a flower vine.
Insignificant wear.
Literature
Compare patterns with: Metropolitan Museum of Art & Dimand, Maurice Sven, Oriental rugs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1973, p. 73, plate 103.
More information
A 16th-century carpet with the same pattern previously existed in the Baltimore Museum of Art and is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
