Fragment with peacocks in ogival pattern

1004–1260 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability) Overall: 24.1 x 22.9 cm (9 1/2 x 9 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.506

Neither the design nor the technique of this silk provides clues to whether it was woven in Iran or Syria. As Iran and Iraq fell to the Mongol armies during the second quarter of the 1200s, many artisans fled to Syria, taking with them the techniques and patterns with which th...

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