Iran, Safavid art, late 16th century
Fragment of a rectangular silk textile, depicting a cupbearer dressed in a long tunic, standing among floral stems in a long poly-lobed medallion, holding a cup in one hand and a carafe of wine in the other. Fragments of the same textile have been added at the top and bottom to fill the frame space.
Condition: worn, in wood frame.
Size: 26 x 10 cm
Persian inscriptions:
"Since Jupiter and the Moon appeared in the sky, no one has seen anything better than the ruby red of wine. I marvel at the wine merchants: what can they buy that is better than what they sell?"
Reference:
A.U. Pope, A Survey of Persian Art, Asia Institute of Pahlavi University, 1967 (2nd edition): vol. XI, pl. 1030. F. Spuhler, Islamic Art in the Keir Collection, Textiles, London 1988: p. 91, T39, pl. 27.
A fine Safavid silk textile fragment, Persia, late 16th century
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