Ancient Middle East


Oriental Antiquities.



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Tangent circular designs.                              
Detail: stylized four-footed                           
creatures and birds.                                   
Batik
#31020126

Tangent circular designs. Detail: stylized four-fo...

Floral pattern - Lampas lace.
#31020127

Floral pattern - Lampas lace.

Tapestry with fishes.
#31020128

Tapestry with fishes.

A winged monster.                                      
Silk (6th-7th)
#31020129

A winged monster. Silk (6th-7th)

Cotton fabric.                                         
Found in Teheran
#31020130

Cotton fabric. Found in Teheran

Fabric showing musicians                               
and trees, tan ground.                                 
Satin, Safavid Period, Persia
#31020131

Fabric showing musicians and trees, tan ground....

Double donkeybag,                                      
from Shiraz, Iran.                                     
Wool (18th BCE)
#310301 1

Double donkeybag, from Shiraz, Iran....

Persian Hunting Carpet. Central star and four corner   
pieces with Chinese dragons and phoenixes. In between  
hunters on foot and horseback, hunting lions, panthers,
antelopes, stags, ibex, wild donkeys, boar, foxes etc. 
Silk, 20 colours, 639 x 323 cm, Inv. T 8336
#310301 5

Persian Hunting Carpet. Central star and four corner pieces with Chinese drag...

Detail of Persian Hunting Carpet 31-03-01/5. Corner    
field with a pair of dragons flanked by two phenixes.  
Silk, from Persia; total size of carpet 693 x 323 cms
#310301 6

Detail of Persian Hunting Carpet 31-03-01/5. Corner field with a pair of dra...

Persian Hunting Carpet, detail of 31-03-01/5.          
Two hunters on horseback in Persian costume            
hunting panthers, hares, antelopes and foxes.          
From Persia, second half 16th, total size 693 x 323 cms
Silk, 20 colours, Inv. T 8336
#310301 7

Persian Hunting Carpet, detail of 31-03-01/5. Two hunters on horseback...

Persian Hunting Carpet, detail of 31-03-01/5.          
Hunter on horseback hunting antelopes, jackals,        
hares and ibex.                                        
From Persia, second half 16th, total size 693 x 323 cm 
Silk, 20 colours, Inv. T 8336
#310301 8

Persian Hunting Carpet, detail of 31-03-01/5. Hunter on horseback hunt...

Persian Hunting Carpet, detail of 31-03-01/5,          
the edge with two genii offering food.                 
From Persia, second half 16th, total size 693 x 323 cms
Silk, 20 colours, Inv. T 8336
#310301 9

Persian Hunting Carpet, detail of 31-03-01/5, the edge with two genii...