(High-Collectible-Plus) (One of 70 "Best-of-Their-Type Rugs" Sold in 2025)  This is a very unexpected, completely original rug, displaying two stacked entry gate motifs bookended by pairs of festooned parrots. We have never seen a design like this before, all the designs together becoming a transmogrified tree ascending the parchment-hued ground. The two portals reveal an onion-domed clock tower adorned with minarets, supported by fluted columns over an enchanting forest. It is unknown to us whether this represents a structure that actually existed or a reflection of the weaver’s fertile imagination. The presence of clocks, difficult to draw with knots, begs the question if Bijar did have gates at one time, but, being located on an active fault line, cannot be verified. The cockaded bird pairs of mythical proportion, possibly the fabled simurgh of Persian legend, preen with splendorous feathered coats while perched on floating pomegranates alongside the great Tree. Boteh ‘Seeds of Life’ and other wonderful and mysterious motifs float in the periphery, adding to the thrilling intrigue of it all. A suite of narrow, intricately decorated borders perfectly frames this virtuoso, trailblazing canvas.

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