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Prayer rug of chintz with an image of a cypress and fish
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Prayer rug of chintz with an image of a cypress and fish

c. 1700 - c. 1800 · batik; printing; weaving; cotton (textile)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Prayer rug of satin with an image of a mihrab. From a scaled formation rises a cypress-shaped tree, within which a symmetrical flower branch is populated with monkeys, parrots, and pheasants. Around the cypress are equal flower branches populated with birds and squirrels. On either side of the tree stands a proud peacock with a snake in its beak. Below the peacocks are fish depicted. Oriental textile.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
prayer rug
Credit lineBidkleed van sits met een afbeelding van een cypres en vissen. c. 1700 - c. 1800. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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