A FINE PRAYER RUG

Description:

Isfahan, Central Persia, around 1900
191 x 149 cm
The light beige background is covered with a stylized vase with arabesque ornamentation, from which geometric tendril ornamentation with blossoms in the style of a tree of life grows. The small area of water with fish motifs is an interesting reference to the Garden of Paradise. Red-ground main border with stylized wavy tendrils of leaf tendrils and palmette motifs.
From an old German private collection, acquired from Werzberger KG on 19 May 1973 - Edges replaced, minor traces of age, overall in good condition