An antique Persian Bakshaish pictorial rug. The 18th century Persian king Nadir Shah Afshar with his characteristic tri-pointed hat glowers out from the abrashed (natural color variation) navy blue ground of this urban pictorial rug. A figure in ancient Achaemenian garb stands in the right border and angular, illegible inscriptions appear in the upper frame. Birds and a deer fill in below the portrait.