Number 1919
Type Workshop
Material Wool
Origin Tehran
Style Animal
Size 213 x 139
Age 1890
A most excellent example of one of the most famous styles from the Qajar workshops in the royal capital Tehran.
The combination of turquoise blue border and saffron yellow field is always a winner. The Paradise Park theme centers on twin Trees of Life rising gracefully from the Earth, where lions and deer are stationed, up to the skies where so many kinds of exotic birds π¦
are perched. There's even a monkey π΅ climbing the tree! In the border, meanwhile, leopards π (or tigers π
) chase scampering deer π¦
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