A wool pile of asymmetric knots on a cotton foundation. Yazd, located northwest of Kerman, produces rugs broadly related to the Kerman tradition but with a distinctive local character. In this example, a light blue ground presents a sharply featured Persian lady facing left, wearing a peacock diadem and a robe animated by a scrolling pattern. At the left stands a flowering, branching prunus shrub. A pale teal border displays reversing, stalked fan palmettes.