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Antique Tabriz rug, Azerbaijan, NW Iran

A PERSIAN TABRIZ CARPET, circa 1880

SIZE: 12.7 x 8.10

PRICE: $60,000
Item No: BB2003
An exceptional late 19th century Persian Tabriz garden carpet, the sand field divided into four compartments by floral bands with a roundel at the center, each quadrant containing four panels with naturalistic animals and trees within a spacious sand boteh motif border

Doris Leslie Blau