LUR TRIBES,FARS PROVINCE,SOUTH WEST PERSIA,LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY.EITHER BY THE BOYER AHMADI OR THE MAMASANI.THIS PARTICULAR THREE MEDALLION DESIGN SURROUNDED IN IVORY WITH ANIMAL HEADS WITH THE COLOURED DOTS REPRESENTING THE EYES. THERE IS A SIMILAR EXAMPLE IN TRIBAL RUGS,JAMES OPIE,PAGE 118, COLOUR PLATE 7.16 &7.17 AND PAGE 128,COLOUR PLATE 7.28,THE LATTER SUGGESTING A MID 19TH CENTURY DATE THOUGH THIS EXAMPLE AROUND 1880-1890.MY EXAMPLE IS FILLED WITH TRIBAL MOTIFS AND IN PARTICULAR THE PEACOCK MOTIF DRAWN IN FIVE DIFFERENT DISTINCTIVE STYLES WHICH I THOUGHT WAS HIGHLY IMAGINATIVE OF THE WEAVER PLUS A COUPLE OF ANIMAL FORMS,STYLISED PLANTS,MANY S-SHAPED MOTIFS AND THE MORE USUAL OCTAGONS AND GEOMETRIC SHAPES.SIDES LATER REBOUND AND ENDS SECURED. THERE IS A FEW SCATTERED REPAIRS,ONE TO THE LEFT SIDE EDGE,ONE TO THE RIGHT SIDE BARBERS POLE AND A HARD TO SEE ONE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CENTRAL BLUE MEDALLION,EVERYTHING IMAGED.THAT SAID IT IS PRICED ACCORDINGLY AND FOR ...