495. a pleasing old Baluchi tribal rug

495. Provenance: Baluch, Afghanistan, possibly eastern Iran

Size: 310 x 136 cm

Age: Circa 1940

Condition: Some wear running down the lengh of the rug, and a hole in one side

Notes: A fairly typical Baluch of this age and origin. It copies the Salor or Tekke guls of the Turkoman tribes, though includes two major guls which would not be done in Turkomans. The wool is soft and lustrous and the colours rich. Wool on wool.