Vintage Samarkand (Khotan) rug BB4393 4'9" × 7'2" $11,000

An early 20th century Khotan Samarkand rug, the oatmeal field with flowering branches and rosettes and a central dusty rose roundel containing pomegranate vinery within a dusty rose polychrome rosette border and a key pattern border.

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