Number Sold
Material Wool
Style Pictorial
Origin Baluch
Type Tribal
Size 283 x 77
Age 1333
A standout tribal Baluch in rare runner format and with a bizarre array of Qajar-era gents standing in shock and in various scales of size. They all share the same surprised facial expression (and drooping mustaches) and stand with arms aside and legs apart.
Amazingly--they are inwoven upside down to the weave. The photo is taken from the opposite side of how the rug would have looked on the loom. There is a plethora of small animals all around that are the right way up but in reverse to the League. We also see a ceaseless repeat of the Hijra date 1333 (1915).
I quite love this. It is intact and such fun. I love their trousers, shows and their striped waistcoats. End kilims and full pile too!
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