Black ground Marasali Shirvan prayer rug, hand knotted wool, Eastern Caucasus, ca.1880, size 3'5"x5', animal figures interspersed between colorful serrated botehs, the animal heads are visible on the dragon s border, the way the border is done creates white fylfot in the negative space, worn low and heavily restored, but in ok condition for the age, flexible handle, Ralph Kaffel in his book "Caucasian Prayer Rugs" calls the black ground color the rarest for Marasali Prayer rugs, shipping is extra