As Seen on Christies Website:

Lot 57 Description

A PART-SILK DOROKSH PICTORIAL RUG
EAST PERSIA, CIRCA 1890
Depicting Bahram Gur hunting, very finely woven, minimal wear and corrosion, silk corroded, repaired long cut, a few minor repairs
7ft.8in. x 5ft.3in. (234cm. x 160cm.)

Estimate:

$19,656 - $26,208

SOLD:  $38,119

Photo to right and quote below as seen in Murray Eiland III book, Starting to Collect Antique Oriental Rugs.

 "Figure 36 (opposite). Unusual Mashhad pictorial rug with a horse and rider and tree.  The design here is based upon many found on Persian Miniature paintings of previous centuries.  Like the rugs of Kerman, Mashhad rugs of the last several decades also showed a cochineal red.  Approx.91.5 x 62.5 ins. (232 x 159cm)."