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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1735
Title
Shiraz Carpet (Kashgai?), pair with 1943.1733
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
rug
Date
c. 1860
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/214631

Physical Descriptions

Dimensions
66.68 x 52.71 cm (26 1/4 x 20 3/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1735
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
One of a pair of Kashgai bag faces.
Multicolored designs and borders. Green background sacred and rare. Fringe wool and goat hair.
Central diamond medallion with four surrounding hooked motifs.

Verification Level

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