Vintage Persian Lavar Kerman Pictorial Rug

A wool pile of asymmetric knots on a cotton foundation. The youthful dervish Nur ‘Ali Shah is seated in his characteristic pose, holding an axe, with a kashkul (begging bowl) before him, and wearing his conical dervish hat, set within a green field with flowers and a tree alongside. A red background with rosettes and a bird surrounds the scene. A pale yellowish border with a millefleurs meander and other small floral devices frames the composition.