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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...antelopes, ibexes, boars, hares, foxes, jackals and other beasts; many flowers, some western, some Persian, and some the flowers of no land, riot softly on the ground, or hang from delicate vines. The background is salmon-colored. Around the central field runs a quiet legend. In the middle all js speed: bugles blow there, stallions leap, and the beards of riding Khans shake out like flame along a wind of fruits and blossoms. But the border reposes. Two figures with wings recur regularly among the budding leaves; their costumes proclaim them to be Persian genii; among their motionless ranks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Rug | 10/11/1926 | See Source »

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