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Peacocks and Peahens
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Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift in gratitude to John Coolidge Gift of Leslie Cheek Jr. Anonymous Fund in memory of Henry Berg Louise Haskell Daly Alpheus Hyatt Richard Norton Memorial Funds and through the generosity of Albert H. Gordon and Emily Rauh Pulitzer; formerly in the collection of Stuart Cary Welch Jr.
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Fragment with Jeweled Cross Flanked by Birds
Fragment with Jeweled Cross Flanked by Birds
This fragmented textile has a jeweled cross at its center, flanked by two multicolored birds with head crests (peahens?). A gold border with jewels and pearls runs near the top of ...
Brisé fan of paste board covered with silk, decorated with straw appliqué work, probably made in Florence, 1620s. Brisé fan of seven sticks, each one shaped to represent a curled feather. Cut straw, applied to silk covered cardboard. The sticks are made o
Brisé fan of paste board covered with silk, decorated with straw appliqué work, probably made in Florence, 1620s. Brisé fan of seven sticks, each one shaped to represent a curled feather. Cut straw, applied to silk covered cardboard. The sticks are made o
Brisé fan of paste board covered with silk, decorated with straw appliqué work, probably made in Florence, 1620s. Brisé fan of seven sticks, each one shaped to represent a curled f...
Bowl with Two Facing Peacocks
Bowl with Two Facing Peacocks
Earthenware; luster-painted on opaque white glaze...
Pilaster Capital
Pilaster Capital
Engaged pilaster capital decorated in blocky relief. Central stylized chalice with monogram ΙΩΑΝΟΥ flanked by peacocks. The peacocks perch on acanthus leaves that also decorate the...
Design for a Tile: Peacocks in a Garden
Design for a Tile: Peacocks in a Garden
Watercolor pen and black ink over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)...
Woman with Peacocks, from "L'Estampe Moderne"
Woman with Peacocks, from "L'Estampe Moderne"
Color lithograph, L'Estampe Moderne...
Pilaster Capital
Pilaster Capital
Engaged pilaster capital decorated in blocky relief. Central stylized chalice with monogram ΑΝΘΕΜΟΥ flanked by peacocks. The peacocks perch on acanthus leaves that also decorate th...