AN UNUSUAL ANTIQUE SULTANABAD CARPET, the ivory field with a central shaded indigo tree with a variety of perching birds and animal combat groups flanked by bold scrolling arabesques, enclosing similar large animal combat groups, birds and animals, and issuing flowering and palmette vine, in a broad shaded light brick-red border of scrolling arabesques issuing flowering vine, animals and animal combat groups, a large palmette in the centre of each side and in each corner, between shaded sandy yellow arabesque meander, light blue and sea-green floral meander stripes, plain outer ivory stripe, a long commissioning inscription in three cartouches above (localised wear, corroded brown, small repairs)