Artist: Abdallah, active 17th century, Textile Fragment with a Courtier and Prisoner, early 17th century, Silk; compound weave, 13 11/16 × 20 1/16 in. ( × 51 cm), This silk fragment depicts a smartly dressed courtier on horseback accompanied by a prisoner on foot, a motif that became popular in both paintings and textiles in sixteenth-century Iran. Various animals and lush vegetation surround the pair. The artist’s signature is conspicuously placed on the quiver of the idealized rider; it reads, Work of ‘Abd Allah., Iranian/Persian, Islamic, Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), Textiles

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