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Medallions with confronting peacocks

1660–1955 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
Measurements
Overall: 59 x 57.4 cm (23 1/4 x 22 5/8 in.)
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Description

This textile preserves six ovals aligned in two vertical columns; the top two ovals are fragmentary. Columns are separated by two guard lines that are interrupted by smaller vertical almond-shaped motifs; these are tangent to the large ovals at the widest point. Each large oval, bordered by a band of floriated Kufic, has a central ogival medallion, also bordered with floriated Kufic, with palmettes at each end. The medallions are placed on a ground of white on white with small aligned circles. Interspaces between large ovals are filled with pairs of opposed palmette trees flanked at each end with confronting birds in flight.
A muted tan and dark gray silk textile fragment features a pattern of horizontal oval medallions enclosing confronting peacocks with fanned tails. Bands of pseudo-Arabic script and scrolling vines border the medallions, while smaller bird figures occupy the foliate background between them. The textile is heavily fragmented with jagged edges and a large horizontal tear near the center, and the right side is frayed.

Medallions with confronting peacocks

1660–1955 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)

Iran ?, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055)

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