Mirror with birds and beasts amid grape vines

A well-articulated, relief lip encircles the periphery of this circular mirror; on the mirror's decorated back, a single bowstring line rises in relief about one centimeter in from...

Among the most characteristic and compelling art forms of the Qajar period (1779–1924) in Iran are works in “lacquer.” Technically distinct from East Asian lacquers, these are esse...

This is a tapestry woven fragment, with the design of two parallel bands executed in dark blue wool. The visible warps are yellow in color. The bands each contain eleven circles of...

A thin, well-defined, relief lip borders this circular mirror's decorated back. The decorative scheme is organized into five concentric rings with the crouching-beast-form boss at ...

Two textile fragments that share red tapestry inwoven bands; these bands feature alternating buff colored birds and stylized plants inside lozenges formed of vines. The vines are n...

Panel from a linen cloth faced with long loops of linen thread. The inwoven slit tapestry square (tabula) introduces wool wefts. At center, a quail with red feet and beak sits with...

Two inwoven tapestry woven bands run across this textile. The bands take the form of thick undulating vines with grape leaves occurring at regular intervals. Each leaf is preceded ...