Description: Lavar Kerman Pictorial Rug, Persia, late 19th c, of Khosrow and Shirin, figures in the tragic romance by the poet Nizami Ganjavi (1141?ó?1209), who also wrote Layla and Majnun. It tells a highly elaborated fictional version of the story of the love of the Sasanian king Khosrow II for the Armenian princess Shirin, who becomes queen of Persia. Size: 4'7'' x 6'8'' (140 x 203 cm). Weight: 12 lbs.