Textile, Medium: silk Technique: plain compound weave, Vertical rows of medium-sized ogives bordered with broad continuous bands of Kufic lettering and enclosing confronted peacocks with tails spread to top of a Tree of Life between them. Winged sphinxes, addorsed regardant, in interspaces. Olive-green floss in cloth tie on golden tan fine cloth ground., Iran, 10th–13th century, woven textiles, Textile

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