A PERSIAN TEXTILE
A hanging embroidered tension of a Shahnameh scene.
Rectangular hanging with three stripes in raw linen embroidered in polychromy of Rostam's fight against the army of the Divines. In the upper part, inscribed medallion of "Padshâh", royal titulature. Large border of flowering plant foliage.
222 x 148 cm.
Origin: IRAN, QAJAR, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A hanging embroidered tension of a Shahnameh scene.
Rectangular hanging with three stripes in raw linen embroidered in polychromy of Rostam's fight against the army of the Divines. In the upper part, inscribed medallion of "Padshâh", royal titulature. Large border of flowering plant foliage.
222 x 148 cm.
Origin: IRAN, QAJAR, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY
