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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1974.57
People
Unknown Artist
Title
Medallion and Hunting Carpet
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Animal Carpet
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
rug
Date
16th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Period
Safavid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216329

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Knotted wool pile
Technique
Knotted
Dimensions
235.59 x 160.02 cm (92 3/4 x 63 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sir Frederick Leighton, London, (by 1882-1896). Joseph V. McMullan, New York, (by 1965-1974), bequest; to the Fogg Museum, 1974.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Joseph V. McMullan
Accession Year
1974
Object Number
1974.57
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Carpet scene of a royal hunting ground.

Publication History

  • Joseph V. McMullan, Islamic Carpets (New York, 1965)
  • David Sylvester, Islamic Carpets from the Collection of Joseph V. McMullan, exh. cat. (Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1972)
  • Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), p. 86, fig. 92

Exhibition History

  • Diverse are their Hues: Animals in Islamic Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/18/1984 - 02/09/1985
  • Geometry of the Spirit: Islamic Illumination and Calligraphy, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/30/1988 - 06/26/1988
  • Islamic Art: The Power of Pattern, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/23/1989 - 01/17/1990
  • Arabesque, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/01/1990 - 03/24/1991
  • Shadows of God On Earth: Arts of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Dynasties, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/21/1997 - 08/31/1997
  • 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/19/2018 - 11/07/2018

Verification Level

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