A SAFAVID SILK AND METAL-THREAD BROCADE PANEL
IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
Of circular form, the metal-thread ground covered with a dense repeated design of a standing Layla and an emaciated kneeling Majnun, a deer under his arm and a flowering prunus between them, around them further foliage and gamboling gazelles, remains of one border to the left, backed
11 5/8in. (29.2cm.) diam.
A SAFAVID SILK AND METAL-THREAD BROCADE PANEL
IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
Of circular form, the metal-thread ground covered with a dense repeated design of a standing Layla and an emaciated kneeling Majnun, a deer under his arm and a flowering prunus between them, around them further foliage and gamboling gazelles, remains of one border to the left, backed
11 5/8in. (29.2cm.) diam.
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