Number (sold)
Origin Isfahan
Style Pictorial
Type Textiles
Material Cotton
Size 240 x 100
Age 1880
This qalamcar textile was made during the reign of Nasser al Din Shah Qajar and was one of a pair. We sold the companion piece to the Musee Quai Branly Jacques Chirac in Paris. It depicts a battle scene from one of the mythological narratives in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh poem. This makes it quite an unusual and entertaining object.
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