A FINE SILK KIRMAN RUG Designed by Fursat Shirazi, woven by Abu'L-Qasem Kirmani, South East Persia, dated AH 1316 (1898-9 AD) The ivory field with a tree of life, its branches issuing a wide variety of fruit and supporting a multitude of birds and butterflies, each beautifully observed, a lake with further birds and fish below, two inscription cartouches below, in a buff border of an enormous variety of animals, reptiles, insects and crustacea divided by roundels containing depictions of the various human races between indigo stripes of dense floral sprays, outer spiralling ribbon and plain indigo stripe, a short kilim strip at each end 6ft.8in x 4ft.4in. (204cm. x 132cm.)
A FINE SILK KIRMAN RUG Designed by Fursat Shirazi, woven by Abu'L-Qasem Kirmani, South East Persia, dated AH 1316 (1898-9 AD) The ivory field with a tree of life, its branches issuing a wide variety of fruit and supporting a multitude of birds and butterflies, each beautifully observed, a lake with further birds and fish below, two inscription cartouches below, in a buff border of an enormous variety of animals, reptiles, insects and crustacea divided by roundels containing depictions of the various human races between indigo stripes of dense floral sprays, outer spiralling ribbon and plain indigo stripe, a short kilim strip at each end 6ft.8in x 4ft.4in. (204cm. x 132cm.)
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