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Persian · Late 19th Century
Isfahan Ant eater
A late nineteenth-century Isfahan known within the collection for the curious creature hidden among its vines. Black on cream is a rare and graphic combination for the period, and gives the piece a strikingly modern presence.
Tree-of-life composition between slender columns, drawn in black on cream — with the hidden creature that names the piece among the vines.
- Size
- 7′4″ × 4′8″
- Style
- Persian — Isfahan
- Era
- Late 19th Century
- Pile
- Wool on cotton
- Foundation
- Cotton
- Weave
- Hand-knotted
- Dyes
- Vegetable dye
- Condition
- Very good