Description
An incomplete pearl-bordered roundel frames a diamond containing a pair of confronting peacocks that flank a Tree of Life and stand on a pair of confronting lions or dogs. Interspaces between diamond and border contain a pair of griffins (above) and a floral/vine motif (below). Winged bodies of confronting goats(?) stand on top of roundel and at right is an ornate palmette supported by a griffin. Tangential to the roundel at the upper right is a smaller pearl-framed medallion containing a circular Kufic inscription around a diaper-patterned center.
Provenance
(Nassiri Amini, Tehrān, Iran, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?-1968); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1968-)
Accession Number
1968.227
Medium
Silk: lampas weave
Dimensions
Overall: 21 x 23.5 cm (8 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
Classification
Textile
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund