Sargon runner 161 x 107cm

161 x 107cm

Supplied with grip tape for the corners

Good overall condition despite the wear with just slight loss to one end

probably dating from the second half of the 20th century

good condition except for moth damage in one corner (patched on verso) and losses to fringe at one end

Sargon runner 161 x 107cmA 1930s Afshar rug of zili i sultan design, from the Kerman area, south east Persia. The design of all over repeats of vases with floral sprays is known as zili i sultan (arabic: "shadow of the emperor") after Mas'ud Mirza, a Qajar prince who governed Iran's southern provinces during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Appropriately for its age, there is an almost art deco feel to the design. An unusual and attractive lilac dye has been