A rug, semi-antique, Tabriz, figural, ca 183 x 137 cm
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Polychrome ground with six different women with wine glasses. The motif is taken from the Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam (1048-1131). Wide light blue main border with buildings and flowering trees.
Little wear, reapirs. The sides have fold wear.
Literature
Omar Khayyam & FitzGerald, Edward, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam of Naishapur, 2. ed., Rodale Press, London, 1958, verse 6
More information
Omar Khayyam's poems are common motifs in Persian carpets, although these are not always mentioned. A consistent theme in the works Rubaiyat is love and wine. A quote from Edward FitzGerald's (1958 translation) reads as follows:
"And David's Lips are lock't; but in divine High piping Pehlevi, with "Wine! Wine! Wine! Red Wine!" — the Nightingale cries to the Rose That yellow Cheek of her's to incarnadine"