Vintage Persian Shiraz Pictorial Rug

A vintage Persian Shiraz Pictorial rug. The geometric, smiling tawny orange lion faces right with a scatter fill of small rosettes, people and animals covering his hide.  Peacocks and jewelry accent the ends of the well-filled red field. The ivory minor borders with their serrated leaf and simple fan palmettes are characteristic of the south Persian Qashghai nomads. The dark brown main border changes pattern from rosettes to striped squares toward one end. Lions with human faces are a Qashghai standby.

• Hand-knotted in Persia
• Wool
• One-of-a-kind