A Kurdish Sauj Bulag Rug

A Kurdish Sauj Bulag Rug, Northwest Persia, mid 19th C. A good and early Kurdish rug, the remarkable main border design and the irregularly drawn but powerful medachyl guards, as well as the red wefts, suggest this might be a Sauj Bulag weaving. It has a remarkably subtle yet extensive range of eleven old colours - dark, mid and light blue, mid green, pistachio green (abrash), rose red, pink red, aubergine, brown. 10 ft 3 in by 4 ft 5 in