Sargon runner Good condition apart from reduced

Good condition apart from reduced fringes and one small patch of wear to base (visible only very close up)

a band of geometric motifs at each end

thin pile with wear down to the base in places but overall intact

probably dating from the second half of the 20th century

A fine Chobi carpet of recent production from Afghanistan

Sargon runner Good condition apart from reducedA 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