Textile Fragment with Confronted Kings on Winged Elephants

ca. 628–630

Medium: Compound twill silk with indigo dye
Dimensions: 20 9/16 × 19 3/8 in. (52.3 × 49.2 cm)
13 3/4 × 13 3/16 in. (35 × 33.5 cm)
loom width 29 5/8 in. (75.2 cm.)
Credit Line: Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore
Accession Number: 1945.358a-b
Geography: Iran
Culture: Iranian/Persian
Classification: Textiles
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Provenance

Arthur Upham Pope (1881–1969) obtained it in Persia in 1945, the result of an accidental excavation outside Hamadan; purchased by Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955) New York; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

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