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Fragment

before 1981
(750–1258)
Silk: compound tabby
Overall: 37 x 24.6 cm (14 9/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1981.22
Location: not on view
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Description

The fragment preserves two oval compartments from a design of linked ovals each containing a recumbent ibex. The ibexes are addorsed linking each compartment to the next is a concentric oval device containing in the center a crescent moon. The design in pale blue, tan, and cream on a deep navy blue ground is oriented at right angles to the warp.

Fragment

before 1981

Iran, style of the Abbasid period (750–1258)

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