Zandjan Bidjar

Zandjan - for long one of the leading Kurdish village knotting origins falling within the broad Hamadan classification - is recognised among Persian rug connoisseurs as the source of a particularly fine, highly specific category of top level Kurdish knotting which is only rarely encountered on the international market; the present item provides a definitive example of this little known yet notably accomplished type. An affinity in terms both of the quality of knotting, wool and dyes and in underlying decorative concept and faithfulness to classic models is discernible in this superb Zandjan work and the highly prized and far more frequently encountered creations from the nearby Bidjar region. Attribution of this exemplary class of Kurdish village knotting to Zandjan allows the serious connoisseur to search out high level specimens of the group in the certain knowledge that a definitive collection, however small, will very quickly enjoy substantial value enhancement as the unusually elevated standards represented by the category become more widely recognised. Few more brilliant exponents of this fascinating and scarce Kurdish knotting genre could be found than this outstanding work.