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Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons, and Poets at the Great Islamic Courts

Scenic animal carpet
approx. 1625. India, Mughal period (1526–1857)
Wool pile on cotton warp and cotton weft

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Widener Collection, 1942.9.475.
Photograph Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.