Painted Wall Hanging with Lions Chained to a Flowering Tree

Maker: Unknown

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18th–19th century

Asian Art

Not on view
Medium

Cotton, pigments and mica or metallic powder in gum or wax base (rogan)

Dimensions

71 1/4 × 46 1/4 in. (180.98 × 117.48 cm)

Credit Line

Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore

Accession Number

1937.5206

Geography

Birjand, Iran

Culture

Iranian/Persian, Islamic

Period

18th–19th century

Classification

Textiles

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Arthur Upham Pope (1881–1969) and Phyllis Ackerman (1893–1977) Collection, 1936; Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955) New York; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Arthur Upham Pope and Phyllis Ackerman, Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present, 6 vols. (London: Oxford University Press, 1938), 2156, vol. 3, pl. 1096B
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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