159. A lustrous Antique Baluch Prayer Rug

159. Provenance: Baluch, Afghanistan

Size: 86 x 160cm

Age: Circa 1870

Condition: Good, though overall low pile.

Notes: A stunning prayer rug. Classic Baluch weaving at its best. A calm, restrained colouring and design, with just splashes of beautiful (and wonderfully placed) pale eggshell indigo blue. Also a rare and lovely dark green. All natural dyes on lustrous hand-spun wool.