An antique Persian Tabriz Pictorial rug. The wine field displays a four by seven matrix of green quatrefoil and escutcheon medallions with zodiacal scenes, allegorical human figures, inscriptions, tarot symbols and other motives. Birds flit about the pattern interstices. The green border features large human allegorical figures in cartouches on the sides. This finely woven urban creation may originate in Kerman given its striking cochineal wine red field.