Antique Persian Lavar Kerman Pictorial Rug

A wool pile of asymmetric knots on a cotton foundation. A lavishly jeweled and dressed maiden in bust length occupies the lower left of the field. The remainder presents a verdant landscape with cypress trees, a river, and a building. Below appears a miniature, overlapping hilly landscape, while a half-concealed sun face rises in a cloudy sky above. Fish, lower-corner face palmettes, and an overall wading bird enliven the setting. A cochineal red border shows reversing volute acanthus S-forms with dragon heads.