FOUR MIDDLE EASTERN EMBROIDERED PANELS DEPICTING NATIVITY SCENE, RELIGIOUS FIGURES...
FOUR MIDDLE EASTERN EMBROIDERED PANELS DEPICTING NATIVITY SCENE, RELIGIOUS FIGURES AND FIGURES ON HORSEBACK. Qatar or Palestine, probably 19th century. Pair of panels and smaller panel depict figures on horseback, some with crowns, alternating with kneeling figures; each panel configured in a mirror arrangement. Larger panel depicts three views of nativity scene and angels, with upper frieze depicting similar figures in pair.
- Pair of long panels: each, 89 in. x 15 in.; central panel, 73 in. x 27 in.; small panel, 16 in. x 28 in.
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FOUR MIDDLE EASTERN EMBROIDERED PANELS DEPICTING NATIVITY SCENE, RELIGIOUS FIGURES AND FIGURES ON HORSEBACK. Qatar or Palestine, probably 19th century. Pair of panels and smaller panel depict figures on horseback, some with crowns, alternating with kneeling figures; each panel configured in a mirror arrangement. Larger panel depicts three views of nativity scene and angels, with upper frieze depicting similar figures in pair.
- Pair of long panels: each, 89 in. x 15 in.; central panel, 73 in. x 27 in.; small panel, 16 in. x 28 in.