Number D0049
Type Workshop
Material Wool
Style Pictorial
Origin Tabriz
Size 123 x 87
Age 1348
Very rare, very important royal portrait of the founder of Iran's last royal dynasty. Woven in Tabriz, the economic powerhouse of the new regime, it was obviously created as a special commission.
The inscription says:
Ψ±ΨΆΨ§ Ψ΄Ψ§Ω ΩΎΩΩΩΩ Ψ΄Ψ§ΩΩΨ΄Ψ§Ω Ψ§ΩΨ±Ψ§Ω
ππππΌ πππΌπ ππΌπππΌππ, πππΌππΌππππΌπ πππΌπ
(KING OF KINGS)
Dated 1929
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