8 Sasanian-style textiles with royal themes
هشت نمونه از منسوجات سبک ساسانی با بن مایه شاهانه
First one: Peacocks, Silk, Iranian, from Aachen Cathedral treasure, Germany: this one isn't exactly "royal" in style, I just love the design!
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2: The famous design: 5-6 C, from Egypt, clear Sasanian design though possibly local production.
At least 2 surviving pieces: @ Musée des Tissus, Lyon &
@MuseeLouvre (2-3), possibly showing King Khosrau II fighting Ethiopian forces in Yemen
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The surviving piece @MuseeLouvre has a very Sasanian-looking soldier doing a Parthian shot! Can't get more Iranian and Sasanian than that!
Also see: iranicaonline.org/articles/sasan…
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3: Another fragmentary textile, which is said to come from Egypt and is now part of the Benaki Museum in Athens, could also be related to the same group (Compareti, 2005a) [Iranica]
"All these details would suggest that the fragment from...
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the Benaki Museum could be a real product of pre-Islamic Persia, but very late, since, as already noted, the decoration on the clothes of the larger figure is very similar to those of the statues and capitals at Tāq-e Bostān." [Iranica, Compareti]
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4: Likely post-Sasanian but with similar design and motifs, Museo Sacro, Vatican, 8th C
We have similar designs in Iranian carpets, rugs... to this day!
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5: Multiple pieces showing the same hunting scene, 2 examples here:
1: 7th C, @metmuseum
2: 500-700, from Egypt, @V_and_A
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6: Another hunting scene, post-Sasanian, 9th C, but similar motifs to pre-Islamic Iran, including the famous lion-bull combat scene
@GWTextileMuseum
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7: Another hunting scene : 8th C, Sasanian or Sogdian
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8: King on his throne, Iran or Central Asia, 7-8 C, David Collection
Very clear #Sasanian, Iranian design, even if this is an imitation of an original
See previous thread on thrones in ancient Iran too:
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