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LOVELY HANDMADE PICTORIAL SHAPOUR KASHAN RUG

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:8,100.00 USD Estimated At:64,800.00 - 113,400.00 USD
LOVELY HANDMADE PICTORIAL SHAPOUR KASHAN RUG
DECORATE WITH THE RICH JEWEL TONES OF THIS UNIQUE PERSIAN RUG, WITH THE QUALITY THAT MATURES WITH AGE. THE PERFECT CHOICE FOR ANY HOME, THIS RARE RUG CONTAINS BIG CHARACTER.THIS GORGEOUS RUG FEATURES THE SHAPUR, EAGLE AND LION PICTORIAL DESGIN IN LUXURIOUS COLOR LIKE RED. HAND KNOTTED QUALITY AND FINE PERSIAN WOOL CLASSIC PERSIAN DESIGN. SIZE 4.6 X 6.10 FEET. HAND WOVEN IN KASHAN, IRAN. THE SHAPUR THE GREAT WAS THE SECOND SHAHANSHAH 'KING OF KINGS' OF THE SASANIAN EMPIRE. HIS FAMOUS LEGACY IS THE DECISIVE DEFEAT OF THE ROMANS AT THE INFAMOUS BATTLE OF EDESSA, WHERE THE ROMAN ARMY WAS DEFEATED AND CAPTURED IN ITS ENTIRETY, INCLUDING THE ROMAN EMPEROR, VALERIAN. HE BECAME THE FIRST ROMAN EMPEROR TO BE CAPTURED AS A PRISONER OF WAR, CAUSING INSTABILITY IN THE EMPIRE. AS SUCH, THE BATTLE IS GENERALLY VIEWED AS ONE OF THE WORST DISASTERS IN ROMAN MILITARY HISTORY.
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