An Isphahan fragmentary rug, Central Persia, 17th Century

Please note that this is a rug of Iranian Origin, and due to recent changes in the U.S. law, carpets and rugs of Iranian/Persian origin can no longer be imported into the U.S.

Sotheby's New York, February 16, 2000, lot 79

For a complete example of an Isphahan medallion and animal carpet in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, see: Hali, Issue 92, pl.4, p.92. For an early Tabriz(?) animal rug in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv. no. 10.61.1, see: Dimand, M. S. and Mailey, Jean, Oriental Rugs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1973, fig. 66, no.5, pp.45 and 98. The latter has a similarly drawn animal pattern and quarter-medallion spandrels, with the same type of bold strapwork and palmette border, which suggest that this carpet would too have had a large central medallion.