unbelievably bright. I've seen a lot of Kermans in my day, but this is perhaps the most unusual color I've ever seen. Its so funny to me because this is the perfect example of a rug that someone would absolutely love to have, but it would never have the exposure for that someone to see.
krow, you've got a point about the blotches. This vintage of kerman is notorious for having a deep, thick pile. How this translates often shows a lot of dark and light areas in the rug, especially these kind. The reason for this is due to the fact that the pile direction is almost 100% lost to the thickness. however as you mention those dark spots are pretty deep, and it is interesting to note they're also very close to the vicinity of the door.
I also am not convinced the sarouk is what would be properly identified as a true sarouk, from sarouk. but I do think it may be worth the look. this rug actually does have some similarities to my eye to the colors and fringe of ardekan rugs, I really don't think it's that old, or of great quality, but the design is so awesome. A lot of true antique rugs with cypress trees were unidirectional, seeing this sarouk it's interesting that this older design had been turned into a half map, which mainly is to satisfy the american market.
