Fragment with Rows of Confronted Rabbits

900s
Overall: 57.5 x 41.6 cm (22 5/8 x 16 3/8 in.)
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This fragment includes pairs of confronted rabbits(?) arranged in staggered horizontal rows. The right border preserves parts of a selvage and an inscription, which is orthograde to the right and retrograde to the left. The rabbits are woven in dark blue on a tan ground; the inscription is tan on a dark blue ground.
Fragment with Rows of Confronted Rabbits

Fragment with Rows of Confronted Rabbits

900s

Iran or Iraq ?, Buyid period, 10th century

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